Tragically
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Tragically is an adverb meaning In a tragic manner.
Meaning
In a tragic manner.
Example Sentences
"Oh, Inspector Beedel!" There was obvious disappointment in her voice. "He is very kind and promises—but nothing comes of it, and the days go on, the days go on," she repeated tragically.
The history of cast iron in railway bridges is much more grimly chequered. Brunel's misgivings were proved prudent, tragically, in the 1879 failure of Thomas Bouch's Tay bridge (once a monument to cast iron, now a memorial to many lives lost).
Yes. Though based on my thorough sampling of the trend, cold pork pies are tragically absent from girl dinner plates. Perhaps because, as noted by many TikTok users – and over the weekend both Today and the New York Times – many of these girl dinners are “suspiciously low cal”.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include depressingly, woefully, sadly, cruelly, grossly, regrettably.
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