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单词 thankfully
释义
thankfullythank‧ful‧ly /ˈθæŋkfəli/ ●○○ adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Thankfully, my children are grown and able to support themselves.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Firstly, engine fires happen, though thankfully they are rare, and often not catastrophic.
  • Perhaps local authorities should thankfully accept this solution and turn their attention to the needs of non-dementing elderly residents and community services.
  • Several other analysts of international politics thankfully envision more constructive possibilities.
  • The carousel, its rows of white horses resplendent with red leather saddles and black-painted bridles, was thankfully almost empty.
  • The lift was thankfully free and she stepped blindly into it, blinking so that she could find the right button to push.
  • Very soon afterwards, the archdiocese withdrew its plans and the church thankfully continues in use.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounthanksthankfulnessadjectivethankfulthanklessverbthankadverbthankfully
1[sentence adverb] used to say that you are glad that something has happened, especially because a difficult situation has ended or been avoided:  Thankfully, I managed to pay off all my debts before we got married.2feeling grateful and glad about something, especially because a difficult situation has ended or been avoided:  We came in and collapsed thankfully onto our beds.
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