tragically

tragic | American Dictionary

tragic
adjective
us/ˈtrædʒ·ɪk/
very sad because connected with death and suffering:
Two men lost their lives in a tragic accident.
In the theater, tragic means having to do with a tragedy (= type of play having a sad ending):
a tragic actor

tragically

adverbus/ˈtrædʒ·ɪ·kli/
Tragically, the side effects of the drug were not discovered until many people had been seriously hurt by it.

Examples of tragic

tragic
Its tragic end, however, had to be modified given the eighteenth-century operatic convention of the lieto fine.
In the second act she abandons virtually every trace of her tragic demeanour.
One expression of a tragic demeanour is the capacity for stretching ideas beyond their customary boundaries.
The tragic collapse was a direct result of shoddy workmanship during the rush to renovate the hotel, he argued.
The curse, in a standard tragic irony, finally redounds upon her; the natural order of gender has its revenge.
In some cases it led to enthusiastic and courageous young women being thrust unprepared into leadership positions, often with tragic consequences on the battle®eld.
The tragic conflict has long existed, and there is no longer any possibility of changing the course of destiny.
His metropolitan existence lacks this tragic, poetic register.
Upon hearing the cue without first knowing the film, this author noted that there are no overt gestures, but generally, pensive and reflectively tragic qualities.
In the pages of women's journals, these tragic tales were placed along with explicit advice against immoral public behavior.
These tragic, everyday occurrences remain largely inexplicable within a rationalist model of agency.
In this conference the emphasis was on seeking common denominators that may help us to forestall such tragic occurrences in the future.
The narrative logic of both genres demanded tragic love tales.
At these times we may choose to do things that have tragic and irreversible consequences for us.
Even a tragic choice between conflicting values was regarded by him as the crux of one's identity and dignity as a moral agent.
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