Thankfully

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a thankful manner; giving thanks.

    "Gratiano: […]I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth That which I owe is lost; but if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both, Or bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first."

  2. 2
    fortunately, gratefully. proscribed, sometimes

    "I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads."

Adverb
  1. 1
    let us be thankful that wordnet
  2. 2
    in a thankful manner; with thanks wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
fortunatelygratefullygratefully

Example

More examples

"If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not only pleasantly, but thankfully."

Etymology

From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.

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