as in fortunately
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Recent Examples of blessedly
Clipse, Let God Sort Em Out The internet-era rap pioneers Pusha T, age 48, and his brother, Malice, 53, reunited after a 16-year hiatus to deliver an album that, blessedly, shows their ages.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
And the supernatural does show up, although Wise’s slow-burn approach means that the film is blessedly free from conventional jump scares.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
And the supernatural does show up, although Wise’s slow-burn approach means that the film is blessedly free from conventional jump scares.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
The journey, first to Paris and then through Switzerland and Milan and onwards to Venice, was for the most part pleasant, being blessedly free of many of the wearisome and often infuriating hindrances and misdirections that rail travel usually entails.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessedly
Adverb
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While the couch may have paid the price, fortunately Hank was fine after.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Then the brothers’ neighbor swooped in with a sleeping bag that was fortunately still in his car after a recent camping trip.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Having a baby in the NICU can be an anxiety-inducing experience, but thankfully, that chapter is over for Cori Broadus and Wayne Duece.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
7 Jan. 2026
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Squeaking and clanking is a huge no-no for me, and thankfully there are no metal pieces to announce your comings and goings or nocturnal activities.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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My child attended daycare and summer programs at Pillsbury United Communities center just four blocks away, where a multiracial cohort of kids happily play through the winter, swishing around in bulky jackets and snow pants, bouncing towards their parents.—
Bao Phi,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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The pair chatted before Cooper asked DiCaprio to take a photo with him, and DiCaprio happily obliged.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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But her odds of survival were almost slightly better, because Porsha came dangerously close to being on the chopping block as well, but luckily for her, her coffin didn’t make it into the grave in time.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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And luckily for us, there are photos of a few of those sweet moments.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Aunts may be deeply embedded in the family, or helpfully aloof.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Prime helpfully regurgitates Marjorie’s own life stories, though her daughter Tess (Cynthia Nixon) and son-in-law Jon (Danny Burstein) don’t agree about how truthful this pseudo-Walter should be.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Blessedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessedly. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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