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View synonyms for ˈthankfully

ˈthankfully

/ ˈθæŋkfʊlɪ /

adverb

  1. showing gratitude or appreciation
  2. informal.
    fortunately

    thankfully she was not injured

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Usage

The use of thankfully to mean fortunately was formerly considered incorrect by many people, but has now become acceptable in informal contexts
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Example Sentences

Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.

Thankfully, his assistant knows these roads like the back of his hand.

Thankfully, someone was there to capture this “jit going ham,” as the cameraman put it.

While anti-Semitism in the United States is thankfully at all time lows, it was not always like this.

Thankfully, Aquaman is there to save the situation and give her a pep talk, while she clutches a teddy bear.

But second best things might be better than no good things at all, if only one made up one's mind to accept them thankfully.

She was friendless now, her daughter having died, and she thankfully came to be as a mother to Ramona.

The bicycle courier receives a fee very thankfully and no doubt this constitutes his chief source of revenue for service rendered.

Any notes of legends, or suggestions of any kind, forwarded to my address as below, will be thankfully received and acknowledged.

When Cash's thumb healed so that he could hold a pencil with some comfort, Bud thankfully relinquished the task.

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