tragically
悲劇的に
解説 Definition
悲劇的で不幸な方法で。悲しい結果に至る様子や、不運な状況で何かが起こる様子。
Tragically means in a way that involves great sadness, suffering, or disaster. It is often used when talking about death, accidents, or very unfortunate events. The word adds a strong emotional tone to what is being described.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
tragically は tragic（悲劇的な）の副詞形として覚えるのが最短です。tragedy（悲劇）, tragic（悲劇的な）, tragically（悲劇的に）を縦につなげて見ると定着しやすいです。使う場面は died tragically, ended tragically, was tragically killed など、事故・死・災害のように「結果が痛ましい」文脈が中心。sadly よりも、単に悲しい気持ちではなく、出来事そのものが取り返しのつかない悲劇になった感じが強い、と押さえると区別しやすいです。
Learn it as a word family: `tragedy`, `tragic`, `tragically`. That makes the form easy to remember, because `-ly` turns the adjective into an adverb. It often appears in serious news-like phrases such as `died tragically` or `ended tragically`, which gives it a stronger feeling than simple `sadly`.
例文
The young actor died tragically in an accident.
その若い俳優は事故で悲劇的に死亡した。
The historical event ended tragically for the main characters.
その歴史的な出来事は主人公たちにとって悲劇的に終わった。
Many families were tragically separated during the war.
多くの家族が戦争中に悲劇的に引き離された。
tragically の類義語・関連語
派生語
tragically の語源・成り立ち Etymology
tragically は tragic＋-ally で、tragic はギリシャ語 tragikos がラテン語 tragicus を経て入った語です。もとが「悲劇に属する」なので、「悲劇のように痛ましく」という意味が腑に落ちます。関連語は tragedy, tragic。
Tragically is formed from tragic and the adverb ending -ally. Tragic came through Latin from Greek tragikos, meaning "belonging to tragedy." From the idea of something like a tragedy, the word developed the sense "in a painfully sad or disastrous way." Related words include tragedy and tragic.
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