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

Examples of thankfully in a Sentence

The instructions were thankfully simple.

I always receive your calls thankfully.

Recent Examples on the Web

In Iceland thankfully [the prison system] is a hundred times better than in the U.S., where people lose the right to vote for instance. —John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025

Still like the defending champs, but this series just got good -- thankfully, relative to the Heat’s nightmare-in-progress. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2025

The shows were captured for archival purposes — and, thankfully, they’ve now been revived for commercial release. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

And thankfully for the people all the way in the back row at Coachella, that means Tyla is sporting the most vivid, can't-miss manicures of the moment. —Marci Robin, Allure, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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