thankfully
playSimple Definition of thankfully
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: in a way that makes you feel thankful
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: with a feeling of thanks
Full Definition of thankfully
1 : in a thankful manner <spoke thankfully>
2 : as makes one thankful <graceless stadiums…thankfully going out of fashion — R. G. Echevarriá> <thankfully, those opinions are advanced with graceful prose — Ken Auletta>
Examples of thankfully in a sentence
The instructions were thankfully simple.
I always receive your calls thankfully.
Before 12th Century
First Known Use of thankfully
before 12th century
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