What does thankfully mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. thankfully, gratefullyadverb

    in a thankful manner; with thanks

    "he accepted thankfully my apologies"

  2. thankfullyadverb

    let us be thankful that

    "thankfully he didn't come to the party"

Wiktionary

  1. thankfullyadverb

    In a thankful manner.

  2. thankfullyadverb

    Also used as a synonym of fortunately.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

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  1. 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.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of thankfully in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of thankfully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of thankfully in a Sentence

  1. Ayanna Pressley:

    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.

  2. Kailey Chambers:

    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.

  3. Albert Aguero:

    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.

  4. Viktor Hovland:

    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.

  5. Daniel Dae Kim:

    Thankfully for me it wasn't life or death.

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