thankfully

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
23
Words With Friends
25
Letters
10

Definition of thankfully

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
    “Gratiano: […]I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth That which I owe is lost; but if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both, Or bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first.”
    “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 […]”
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adv

  1. In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
    “Gratiano: […]I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth That which I owe is lost; but if you please To shoot another arrow that self way Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt, As I will watch the aim, or to find both, Or bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first.”
    “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 […]”
  2. (proscribed, sometimes)fortunately, gratefully.
    “I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.”

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Etymology

From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfullīċe, equivalent to thankful + -ly.

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