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[ adverb ] in a tragic manner; with tragic consequences

Examples

"the adventure ended tragically" "tragically, she contracted AIDS"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Max , in a fit of despair , takes Alicia and runs_off for two marvelous weeks in Burbank ( Fink calls it `` the most wonderful and lovely fourteen days in my whole life '' ) , at the end of which Alicia tragically contracts Parkinson's_disease and dies .

Related terms

tragic tragic

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