thankfully
adverb
thank·ful·ly
ˈthaŋk-f(ə-)lē 
1
: in a thankful manner
spoke thankfully
2
: as makes one thankful
… graceless stadiums … thankfully going out of fashion …—
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R. G. Echevarriáthankfully, those opinions are advanced with graceful prose—Ken Auletta
Ken AulettaExamples of thankfully in a Sentence
The instructions were thankfully simple.
I always receive your calls thankfully.
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Herry gives us full scenes of Garance performing and voice-acting with joy, and thankfully doesn’t time-stamp the escalating events of her life in rigid chapters.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
Since then, my wrestling career, thankfully, kept growing, growing, growing and growing until now wrestling for the NWA.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
And thankfully, innovation is already happening.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Chernobyl remains, thankfully, history’s worst nuclear disaster.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
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Tomris Laffly, Variety, 17 May 2026
Since then, my wrestling career, thankfully, kept growing, growing, growing and growing until now wrestling for the NWA.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
And thankfully, innovation is already happening.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Chernobyl remains, thankfully, history’s worst nuclear disaster.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for thankfully
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“Thankfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thankfully. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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