THANKFULLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Let us be thankful that

Example:

thankfully he didn't come to the party

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a thankful manner; with thanks

Example:

he accepted thankfully my apologies

Synonyms:

gratefully; thankfully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

thankful (feeling or showing gratitude)

Credits

Context examples:

"We were just in time," said the Professor thankfully.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

But his intention, the kindness of his intention, was thankfully acknowledged: quite thankfully and warmly, for she was elevated beyond the common timidity of her mind by the flow of her love for William.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

After some time they received an offer of tea from one of their neighbours; it was thankfully accepted, and this introduced a light conversation with the gentleman who offered it, which was the only time that anybody spoke to them during the evening, till they were discovered and joined by Mr. Allen when the dance was over.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

I accepted the gift thankfully, and bought a loaf with it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The happiness with which their time now passed, every employment voluntary, every laugh indulged, every meal a scene of ease and good humour, walking where they liked and when they liked, their hours, pleasures, and fatigues at their own command, made her thoroughly sensible of the restraint which the general's presence had imposed, and most thankfully feel their present release from it.