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

While there have been reports of unpermitted construction that was halted and the tearing down of some buildings at Monster Lake, Pam Filtner noted in the Cowboy State Daily that the Bighorn Ranch structures have thankfully remained intact. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2025

Hot water should be used to kill germs, bacteria, and pests, and thankfully, those aren’t everyday situations. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025

These days, thankfully, the expectation is different. —Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025

While the group has long been regarded as a jam band, its music is thankfully free of the extended noodling too often endemic to the genre. —George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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