Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a tragic manner;
with tragic consequences;
- Example: "the adventure ended tragically"- Example: "tragically, she contracted AIDS"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tragic \Trag"ic\, Tragical \Trag"ic*al\, a. [L. tragicus, Gr.?:
cf. F. tragique.]
1. Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of
tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or
representation.
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2. Fatal to life; mournful; terrible; calamitous; as, the
tragic scenes of the French revolution.
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3. Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of
sorrow.
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Why look you still so stern and tragical ? --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Trag"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Trag"ic*al*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tragically
adv 1: in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences; "the
adventure ended tragically"; "tragically, she contracted
AIDS"