blessedly

Definition of blessedlynext

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Recent Examples of blessedly Now, with three more wins, Haaland would give his country, and the soccer world, the most blessedly incorrect take of all-time. Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2026 This year, blessedly free of injury, Muchová has belatedly been able to play the kind of tennis that makes purists purr. Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Margaret’s attic, though blessedly private, was also hot in the summer, the best efforts of its in-window air conditioner insufficient for the heat that had been seeping upward all afternoon. Literary Hub, 29 June 2026 In the show’s second season, Sylvia’s burgeoning event-planning business put her on a collision course with her platonic bestie’s bad-idea wedding, leaving her plenty of space to stumble and spin out within the show’s blessedly joke-heavy sensibility. Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026 Each fixture and floor is made with natural, upcycled materials, and blessedly, these homes are naturally cool even in the summer. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026 The film’s memorable bike chase and bathtub are blessedly intact, as is the iconic sequence of Michael and the vamps leaping from a bridge to avoid an oncoming train. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 May 2026 As fake dating logic dictates, proximity (and, blessedly, only one bed) leads to very real feelings. Erin La Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 But even amid some start-up hubbub, the setting was blessedly serene, despite its proximity to the buzzy Brera district and tourist-heavy Teatro alla Scala and Duomo areas. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessedly
Adverb
  • Unfortunately—or maybe fortunately for them—many dinosaurs were not alive to experience this global-wildfire-pitch-black hellscape.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • But no one owns themes, fortunately for Swift, especially, but for everyone else too.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 July 2026
Adverb
  • Nevertheless, Simon was by far and away the best goalkeeper at the tournament as a whole and, thankfully, managed not to use the Golden Glove to make any crude gestures.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Now, thankfully, Reese Witherspoon is focusing on women’s projects with her company, and Geena Davis has that whole symposium and does all the metrics on how many women’s stories get told.
    Marlow Stern, Variety, 16 July 2026
Adverb
  • Like the broader romance genre, dark romance guarantees a happily ever after.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 July 2026
  • Still, Whitney and Conner are living their happily ever after with their family of five.
    Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Adverb
  • Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte shared a very sweet mother-daughter moment during their Wimbledon outing on July 12—and luckily, the cameras just so happened to capture it.
    Meg Walters, InStyle, 14 July 2026
  • And luckily, there are plenty of deals to shop during this sale.
    Emma Ashe, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
Adverb
  • Freud once helpfully distinguished that healthy thing, mourning, from melancholia—the mourning that never ends, grief that is unable to let the lost object go.
    Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The game helpfully signals turns and obstacles with various signs that pop up on screen.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 July 2026

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“Blessedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blessedly. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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