Tragically
adverb
In a way that causes great sadness, especially when involving a sudden death or extreme suffering.
He tragically died in a car accident last night.
Often appears as...
- die tragically
- tragically lost
adverb
In a way that is extremely unsuccessful or disappointing.
Her career tragically did not take off as expected.
Often appears as...
- tragically failed
- tragically unsuccessful
adverb
In a manner resembling or suggesting a drama or play, theatrical.
She tragically proclaimed her undying love for him.
Often appears as...
- tragically proclaimed
- tragically depicted
Usage tips
Literary
adverb
In a way that causes great sadness, especially when involving a sudden death or extreme suffering.
He tragically died in a car accident last night.
Often appears as...
- die tragically
- tragically lost
adverb
In a way that is extremely unsuccessful or disappointing.
Her career tragically did not take off as expected.
Often appears as...
- tragically failed
- tragically unsuccessful
adverb
In a manner resembling or suggesting a drama or play, theatrical.
She tragically proclaimed her undying love for him.
Often appears as...
- tragically proclaimed
- tragically depicted
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'tragically' to convey a strong sense of loss or sorrow in serious situations.
The community tragically mourned the untimely passing of their beloved teacher.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Events
'Tragically' often describes events that are unexpected and have a profound negative impact.
Tragically, the earthquake struck the town without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Reactions
'Tragically' is common in news reports to express collective grief or shock over an event.
Tragically, the nation faced its worst natural disaster in decades.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'tragically' to convey a strong sense of loss or sorrow in serious situations.
The community tragically mourned the untimely passing of their beloved teacher.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Events
'Tragically' often describes events that are unexpected and have a profound negative impact.
Tragically, the earthquake struck the town without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Reactions
'Tragically' is common in news reports to express collective grief or shock over an event.
Tragically, the nation faced its worst natural disaster in decades.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'tragically' to convey a strong sense of loss or sorrow in serious situations.
The community tragically mourned the untimely passing of their beloved teacher.
Pro Tip 2/3Sudden Events
'Tragically' often describes events that are unexpected and have a profound negative impact.
Tragically, the earthquake struck the town without warning.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Reactions
'Tragically' is common in news reports to express collective grief or shock over an event.
Tragically, the nation faced its worst natural disaster in decades.
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Tan Le: My immigration...
In one, I was the classic Asian student, relentless in the demands that I made on myself. In the other, I was enmeshed in lives that were precarious, tragically scarred by violence, drug abuse and isolation. But so many over the years were helped. And for that work, when I was a final-year law student,
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The chaotic brilliance...
as well as pieces focusing on contemporary race relations. In less than a decade, Basquiat made thousands of paintings and drawings- along with sculpture, fragments of poetry and music. His output accelerated alongside his meteoric rise to fame, but his life and work were cut tragically short
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
people about the story of amelia earhart i found that there were people who deeply admire amelia's political legacy the one that has to do with equality they see it as one that continues despite the fact that she tragically went missing then there is another group of people
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The price of shame PIPE...
that they can't imagine living to the next day. And some, tragically, don't. And there's nothing virtual about that. Childline, a UK nonprofit that's focused on helping young people on various issues, released a staggering statistic late last
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How we can turn the tide...
because of the tragically insufficient response that we have had to climate change, how that zeitgeist has been changing from where we were in Paris, which was pretty positive and optimistic, to, now, despair, helplessness, anger.
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Can you survive nuclear...
There is tragically nothing that can be done to save those in the fireball’s radius. However, for those in the shockwave and beyond, our scientifically supported protocol could be life saving. And though it may sound surprising,
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A call to men PIPE Tony...
What am I doing? Why would I do this?" And I think back. I think back to my father. There was a time in my life where we had a very troubled experience in our family. My brother, Henry, he died tragically
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What would it be like if...
that would be Darwin's theory of evolution and in some cases tragically it's science now I got I got interested in this near the end of my career I'm not personality in social psychologists
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How to build (and...
What if there's a data breach, and it feels an awful lot like a cover-up than seriously addressing it? And most tragically, what if a technological fail leads to the loss of human life?
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Landmine-Sniffing...
tragically as many as a hundred thousand of angola's elephants had been shot for their ivory to help fund the war or for
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Tan Le: My immigration...
In one, I was the classic Asian student, relentless in the demands that I made on myself. In the other, I was enmeshed in lives that were precarious, tragically scarred by violence, drug abuse and isolation. But so many over the years were helped. And for that work, when I was a final-year law student,
Video examples
The chaotic brilliance...
as well as pieces focusing on contemporary race relations. In less than a decade, Basquiat made thousands of paintings and drawings- along with sculpture, fragments of poetry and music. His output accelerated alongside his meteoric rise to fame, but his life and work were cut tragically short
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
people about the story of amelia earhart i found that there were people who deeply admire amelia's political legacy the one that has to do with equality they see it as one that continues despite the fact that she tragically went missing then there is another group of people
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The price of shame PIPE...
that they can't imagine living to the next day. And some, tragically, don't. And there's nothing virtual about that. Childline, a UK nonprofit that's focused on helping young people on various issues, released a staggering statistic late last
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
because of the tragically insufficient response that we have had to climate change, how that zeitgeist has been changing from where we were in Paris, which was pretty positive and optimistic, to, now, despair, helplessness, anger.
Video examples
Can you survive nuclear...
There is tragically nothing that can be done to save those in the fireball’s radius. However, for those in the shockwave and beyond, our scientifically supported protocol could be life saving. And though it may sound surprising,
Video examples
A call to men PIPE Tony...
What am I doing? Why would I do this?" And I think back. I think back to my father. There was a time in my life where we had a very troubled experience in our family. My brother, Henry, he died tragically
Video examples
What would it be like if...
that would be Darwin's theory of evolution and in some cases tragically it's science now I got I got interested in this near the end of my career I'm not personality in social psychologists
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How to build (and...
What if there's a data breach, and it feels an awful lot like a cover-up than seriously addressing it? And most tragically, what if a technological fail leads to the loss of human life?
Video examples
Landmine-Sniffing...
tragically as many as a hundred thousand of angola's elephants had been shot for their ivory to help fund the war or for
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Quote examples
Brendon Burchard
Author
Inexperienced personal development teachers always tell you to visualize, but often in a tragically limited way. They tell you to visualize nothing but victory. But high-achievers know that it's even more important to visualize themselves at the point where they want to quit, and then see themselves working through the struggle.
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Jeff Ament
American Musician
Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.
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Sebastian Junger
American Author
It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have to think about it. If you are starving, you become interested in food. If you are struggling to pay the bills, money becomes tragically important.
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DJ Premier
American Musician
Guru died tragically and there were so many rumors about how he went out. I got to see him in the hospital right before he passed, and one of the last things I said to him before I walked out of the room was that I was going to make sure that his family was straight.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
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George Weah
Politician
I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.
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Ed Belfour
Canadian Athlete
I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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Brendon Burchard
Author
Inexperienced personal development teachers always tell you to visualize, but often in a tragically limited way. They tell you to visualize nothing but victory. But high-achievers know that it's even more important to visualize themselves at the point where they want to quit, and then see themselves working through the struggle.
Quote examples
Jeff Ament
American Musician
Right after 'Backspacer,' my best friend got killed tragically. Something happened to me then where I got super motivated. I had a shelf of all this unfinished music... So I just went to work and made a conscious decision that I was going to finish a bunch of stuff. Life's short.
Quote examples
Sebastian Junger
American Author
It's fun to have money, but the more money I get, the less interesting it becomes. If you don't have very much, you have to think about it. If you are starving, you become interested in food. If you are struggling to pay the bills, money becomes tragically important.
Quote examples
DJ Premier
American Musician
Guru died tragically and there were so many rumors about how he went out. I got to see him in the hospital right before he passed, and one of the last things I said to him before I walked out of the room was that I was going to make sure that his family was straight.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Quote examples
George Weah
Politician
I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa.
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Ed Belfour
Canadian Athlete
I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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