thankfully
adverbattested in dialogue
- United States
In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
adverb
- 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.
I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon […]
- 2
fortunately, gratefully.
I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.
Etymology
From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.
Forms
- comparative
- more thankfully
- superlative
- most thankfully
thankfully · In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
thanking · The act by which thanks are given; thanks.thanks · Used to express appreciation or gratitude.thanksgiving · The expression of gratitude.