Tragically

Definition: Tragically

Tragically

Adverb

1. In a tragic manner; with tragic consequences; "the adventure ended tragically"; "tragically, she contracted AIDS".

Date "tragically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)

Commercial Usage: Tragically

Domain	Title
Books	The Best of the Tragically Hip (reference) The Tragically Hip Phantom Power (reference) The Tragically Hip: Day for Night (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Tragically

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Burma	The SPDC has tragically neglected the education of its young people. (references)
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Speeches: Tragically

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	In the heart of Europe, Germany still stands tragically divided.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	The sale of hard drugs is tragically on the increase again.
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Usage Frequency: Tragically

"Tragically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.57% of the time. "Tragically" is used about 231 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	99.57%	230	19,815
Noun (proper)	0.43%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	231	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Tragically

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "tragically": tragically-curtailed.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tragically

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
the tragically hip	495	firework hip lyrics tragically	3
hip lyrics tragically	161	hip king tragically wheat	3
tragically hip tab	43	hip mp3 tragically	3
the tragically hip guitar tab	27	biography hip tragically	3
discography hip tragically	8	chord guitar hip tragically	3
hip lyrics song tragically	7	here hip tragically up	3
hip tragically video	7	hip tragically wallpaper	3
hip song tragically	5	darkest hip one tragically	3
tragically	5	hip official tragically	2
the tragically hip tablature	4	hip review tragically	2
bass hip tab tragically	4	tragically hip in violet light	2
album hip tragically	4	cd cover hip tragically	2
chord hip tragically	4	hip music tragically video	2
bootlegs hip tragically	4	tragically hip photo	2
tragically hip concert	4	bobcaygeon hip lyrics tragically	2
tragically hip picture	3	the tragically hip sheet music	2
hip lyrics poet tragically	3	best hip song tragically	2
darkest hip lyrics one tragically	3
		best hip song tragically	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tragically

Language		Translations for "tragically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏مأساويا, ‏بفاجعة. (various references)

Chinese		悲剧地. (various references)

French		tragiquement. (various references)

German		tragische, tragisch (tragedy, tragic, tragical, tragicly). (various references)

Greek		τραγικά. (various references)

Hungarian		tragikusan (fatally), gyászosan (dolefully, funereally, mournfully). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		敢え無い (tragic), 敢え無く (sadly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		あえない (tragic), あえなく (sadly). (various references)

Korean		비극� �으로. (various references)

Pig Latin		agicallytray

Romanian		tragic (sad, tragic, tragicalness). (various references)

Russian		трагически. (various references)

Turkish		feci şekilde (sore, sorely, tragicly). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Tragically

Misspellings
	"Tragically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: triticaily. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Tragically"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "tragically" (pronounced tra"jiklē)
5	-j i k l ē	biologically, chronologically, ecologically, ideologically, logically, pathologically, physiologically, psychologically, strategically, theologically.
4	-i k l ē	academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, categorically, characteristically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, optically, organically, phonetically, poetically, prolifically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically.
3	-k l ē	alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Tragically

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-l-r-t-y"
	-2 letters: alacrity, racially, tragical.
	-3 letters: clarity, glacial, lactary, lyrical.
	-4 letters: agaric, argali, argyll, artily, atrial, cagily, citral, gallic, galyac, garlic, glairy, lacily, laical, lariat, latria, racial, racily, rictal, tragic, trigly.
	-5 letters: acari, agria, alary, algal, aliya, allay, altar, argal, argil, artal, atria, calla, carat, cigar, clary, craal, gaily, gally, gayal, gilly, girly, glair, glary, glial.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-l-r-t-y"
	+3 letters: categorically, grammatically, lethargically, orgiastically, pragmatically, strategically.
	+4 letters: acceleratingly, agriculturally, astrologically, iatrogenically, morganatically.
	+5 letters: algorithmically, autographically, dramaturgically, gastronomically, gravimetrically, logarithmically, magistratically, metallurgically, paragenetically, telegraphically, topographically, typographically.
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