thankfully
advEtymology
From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.
- inherited from þancfullīċe
- inherited from thankfully
Definitions
In a thankful manner
In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
- I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon […]
fortunately, gratefully.
- I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for thankfully. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA