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Definitions for thankfully
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Princeton's WordNet
thankfully, gratefullyadverb
in a thankful manner; with thanks
"he accepted thankfully my apologies"
thankfullyadverb
let us be thankful that
"thankfully he didn't come to the party"
Wiktionary
thankfullyadverb
In a thankful manner.
thankfullyadverb
Also used as a synonym of fortunately.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Thankfullyadverb
With lively and grateful sense of good received.
Etymology: from thankful.
Here is better than the open air; take it thankfully. William Shakespeare.
If you have liv’d, take thankfully the past;
Make, as you can, the sweet remembrance last. Dryden.Out of gold how to draw as many distinct substances as I can separate from vitriol, I shall very thankfully learn. Boyle.
ChatGPT
thankfully
Thankfully is an adverb that means in a grateful manner, expressing gratitude or relief about something. It is used to express that one is pleased that something has happened or not happened.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of thankfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of thankfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of thankfully in a Sentence
After experiencing Covid-like symptoms, this morning I received a positive, breakthrough Covid-19 test result, thankfully, my symptoms are relatively mild, and I am grateful to be fully vaccinated and boosted. I am currently isolating and following all health protocols in order to mitigate further spread and keep my loved ones and community safe.
She injured her head on a tree, she was very disoriented as a result and thankfully ended up near a water source -- a river bed. She thought her best chance of survival was to stay next to a water source.
I looked to the left, and the apartment is half sheared off. I looked right ahead, which is where the elevators are supposed to be, it was just two empty elevator shafts, thankfully, the emergency exit light to the staircase was lit up, so we sprinted to the staircase and opened that door, only to realize that the wall had partially collapsed there. At that moment, it really hit me that we were racing against time to get to the bottom of the building before the entire thing came down.
I was thinking about all the other putts during the round. I'd pretty much left every other putt short, i was( thinking) I'm not going to hit this putt short. I gave it a good rip and thankfully it hit the middle of the cup.
Thankfully for me it wasn't life or death.
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Translations for thankfully
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- Gott sei DankGerman
- fortunatamenteItalian
- agradecidamentePortuguese
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