Adjacent Words

Thankfully definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THANK'FULLY, adv. With a grateful sense of favor or kindness received.
If you have liv'd, take thankfully the past'.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: in a thankful manner; with thanks; "he accepted thankfully my apologies" [syn: thankfully, gratefully]
2: let us be thankful that; "thankfully he didn't come to the party"

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: before 12th century 1. in a thankful manner <spoke thankfully> 2. as makes one thankful <graceless stadiums…thankfully going out of fashion — R. G. Echevarriá> <thankfully, those opinions are advanced with graceful prose — Ken Auletta>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 in a thankful manner. 2 disp. let us be thankful; fortunately (thankfully, nobody was hurt). Etymology: OE thancfullice (as THANKFUL, -LY(2))

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thankful Thank"ful, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.] 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.] Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. --Herbert. 2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful. Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c. 4. -- Thank"ful*ly, adv. -- Thank"ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use thankfully in order to express approval or happiness about a statement that you are making. Thankfully, she was not injured... ADV: ADV with cl/group