Fill in the blank with the correct word from the options given below to make a meaningful sentence:-
Ten tourists were _____ injured in the accident and a few of them succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → gravely
Complete sentence: Ten tourists were gravely injured in the accident and a few of them succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital. The tourists were seriously hurt, which is why a few of them died.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) spuriously | falsely or not genuinely (it would suggest the injuries were fake) | He spuriously claimed to be a doctor. |
| (2) gravely (answer) | seriously (the usual adverb with injured or ill) | His grandfather is gravely ill. |
| (3) fatefully | in a way that has important, often unlucky, results for the future (it describes a decision or a day, not the degree of an injury) | She fatefully decided to take the later train. |
| (4) vitally | extremely importantly (used with words like important and necessary, not with injured) | Clean water is vitally important for health. |