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

For those of us still mourning the end of The Vampire Lestat, thankfully, AMC is releasing a whole concert of the bratty vampire in performance at the Beacon Theatre. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

But it was thankfully resurrected, this time with Pedro Pascal in the lead and shot last year. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026

There are no superheroes to make up for the lily-livered words and actions of our leaders, but thankfully there are actual heroes, like the teen lifeguard Ryder Williams, and the fantasy of Spider-Man to get us through. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

That should happen in 2028, which, thankfully, isn’t too far away. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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