1 used to show that you are pleased and relieved that sth good has happened or that sth bad has been avoided
SYNFORTUNATELY:
There was a fire in the building, but thankfully no one was hurt. * Thankfully, the house was empty when I got home.
2 in a pleased or grateful way:
At the end of a busy day, I just sink thankfully into bed. * I accepted the invitation thankfully.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of thankfully come from?
This entry for thankfully is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is thankfully a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, thankfully is tagged as adverb.
Does thankfully appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — thankfully appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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