thankfullythank‧ful‧ly /ˈθæŋkfəli/ ●○○ adverb

- Thankfully, my children are grown and able to support themselves.
- 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.
nounthanksthankfulnessadjectivethankfulthanklessverbthankadverbthankfully