tragically
adv. sent.adv. in a way that is very sad and usually involves death or serious loss. You use it to show that something is a terrible shame.
adv. in a manner that causes or involves great sadness, suffering, or death. Often functions as a disjunct to express the speaker's attitude toward the event being described.
Tragically, the young artist died before her first exhibition.
The historic library was tragically destroyed in a fire just weeks before its grand reopening.
The peace treaty was tragically ignored by both sides, leading to a decade of unnecessary conflict that devastated the region's economy and displaced thousands of families.
Sentence adverb — typically placed at the beginning of a sentence to set the tone for the entire statement.
The accident happened tragic.The accident happened tragically.Learners often use the adjective 'tragic' when the adverb 'tragically' is required to modify the verb or the entire sentence.