thankfully

adverb

thank·​ful·​ly ˈthaŋk-f(ə-)lē 

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

Example Sentences

The instructions were thankfully simple.

I always receive your calls thankfully.

Recent Examples on the Web

The latter was stopped for several minutes while festival security searched for a missing teenage fan (she was thankfully found). —Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 29 May 2023

The 30 miles of road winding up to the pass were thankfully closed to motor vehicles due to winter road damage, but bikes were allowed. —Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2023

And thankfully, there is some regulation on the way. —Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 May 2023

The film is always on the verge of explaining itself, but thankfully never does. —Vulture, 26 May 2023

This interview, recorded at the peak of the awful NFT trend that has thankfully withered away to a shell of its 2022 self, is the epitome of robotic celebrity product promotion. —Jacob Linden, Men's Health, 25 May 2023

As usual, Butler brings a convincing humanity and vulnerability to his action movie heroics, thankfully avoiding the over-the-top machismo of such predecessors in the genre as Stallone and Schwarzenegger. —Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023

But thankfully, advancements in fabric tech have started to give menstruators more freedom. —Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 24 May 2023

The new climate-control panel thankfully keeps some physical toggle switches for distraction-free adjustments. —Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 16 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1