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Recent Examples of traumatically
Hopefully just not as traumatically — although Holly’s already had a slightly traumatic childhood.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traumatically
Adverb
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Kirk grasped how the internet has changed America, but his death has demonstrated—and, disturbingly, may have resulted from—the fundamentally anarchic nature of those changes.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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But mostly, and kind of disturbingly, people enjoyed ridiculing it.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Sometimes the dance floor is alarmingly sticky.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Americans even modified a Boeing 747 to carry a huge experimental and alarmingly dangerous chemical laser designed to shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles that was more of a menace to the crew than the missiles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Passengers didn’t even know if the loud bang had come from inside the train but immediately realized that something was horribly wrong.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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For example, if something is horribly wrong with election rules or with government in general, ordinary voters and ordinary taxpayers are all suffering the same injury, so nobody has standing to sue over it.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
17 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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There is a curious absence of any patience in exploring the forces shaping their unsettlingly growing worldview.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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The book blends reportage, moral inquiry, and political analysis in a way that still feels unsettlingly contemporary fifty-four years after it was published.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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The movie seems keen to the now-ancient and passé concept of selling out, though not terribly interested in actually reviving or adopting Gen X’s principled superstition against it.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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While Chris Pratt’s new sci-fi thriller, Mercy, is not shaping up to do terribly well at the box office, reviews are starting to come in during its opening weekend from both critics and fans.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Shin Godzilla, written and directed by Hideaki Anno of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame, comes the closest because it’s inspired by its own all-too-recent tragedy and feels dreadfully specific in its metaphor.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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For 20 games, opponents often shot dreadfully from distance against Miami, whether the three-point attempts were heavily contested or not.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
14 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The pipeline of new antibiotics remains distressingly thin, and most drugs currently in development are structurally similar to existing antibiotics, potentially limiting their effectiveness.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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That can be forgiven thanks to the film’s evocative imagery and the emotional resonance of its central themes, distressingly familiar to anyone who has ever lost themselves in a relationship.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Traumatically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traumatically. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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