THANKFULLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

thankfully

adverb

Definition of thankfully

as in fortunately

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Recent Examples of thankfully And, thankfully, the union stood up for them and there were some lawsuits and people got returned to work, came back to work — but not all of them. — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026 Overall, Campaign Evolved (thankfully) plays a lot like the later, more refined Halo entries. — Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Much of Hart’s appeal lies in his willingness to be the butt of the joke, and there are many here at his expense — thankfully not as many as usual targeting his diminutive stature. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 24 July 2026 Bernthal screams, pointing down at the vomit (which is thankfully off-screen for the rest of us). — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for thankfully

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The encounter fortunately ended without anyone being injured, but Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the hikers after the video was posted online and racked up millions of views.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
New York City fortunately has a legal right to shelter for all who are homeless, and last night nearly 100,000 people slept in the city’s shelter systems.

— Dave Giffen, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Definition of fortunately

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Although that’s never the case, there’s luckily still plenty of time for one last standout manicure before sweater weather officially takes over.

— Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Ellie is rushed to the hospital for her early labor, where doctors were luckily able to treat her placental abrasion and safely deliver the baby and keep Ellie healthy.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of luckily

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Each September, Mount Jackson leans all the way in to its unofficial role as Virginia’s potato capital with one of the South’s most gloriously offbeat free festivals.

— Kinsey Gidick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026
The 13-bedroom property sits on its own, 58,000-acre preserve, and has a gloriously over-the-top interior befitting a property imagined by the late Jocelyn Wildenstein—think a Swiss Vault bank door to unlock the wine cellar.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026

Definition of gloriously

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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

Definition of blessedly

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The director got delightfully weird and downright hilarious in his first Marvel outing—but where was that magic the second time around?

— EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Their noses and the inside of their ears and their long tongue muscles were delightfully pink, the color of a crayon.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of delightfully

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Tangy, lemony, and gratifyingly simple, this recipe should be your next summer baking project.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
And, most gratifyingly for a genre that can sometimes feel stuck in retrograde masculinity, a lot of those three-dimensional characters are women.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2026

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