THANKFULLY

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

thankfully

thank ful ly |ˈTHaNGkfəlē ˈθæŋkfəli | ▶adverb in a thankful manner: she thankfully accepted the armchair she was offered. • [ sentence adverb ] used to express pleasure or relief at the situation or outcome that one is reporting; fortunately: thankfully, everything went smoothly. ORIGIN Old English thancfullīce (see thankful, -ly 2 ). usage: Thankfully has been used for centuries to mean ‘in a thankful manner, ’ as in she accepted the offer thankfully . Since the 1960s, it has also been used as a sentence adverb to mean ‘fortunately, ’ as in thankfully, we didn't have to wait. Although this use has not attracted the same amount of attention as hopefully, it has been criticized for the same reasons. It is, however, far more common now than is the traditional use. For further explanation, see usage at hopefully and sentence adverb .

thankfully

thank |ful ¦ly |ˈθaŋkfʊli, -f (ə )li | ▶adverb in a thankful manner: she thankfully accepted the armchair she was offered. • [ sentence adverb ] used to express pleasure or relief at a fortunate outcome: thankfully, everything went smoothly. ORIGIN Old English thancfullīce (see thankful, -ly 2 ). usage: Thankfully has been used for centuries to mean ‘in a thankful manner ’, as in she accepted the offer thankfully . Since the 1960s it has also been used as a sentence adverb to mean ‘fortunately ’, as in thankfully, we didn't have to wait. Although this use has not attracted the same amount of attention as hopefully, it has been criticized for the same reasons. It is, however, far commoner now than the traditional use, accounting for more than 80 per cent of citations for thankfully in the Oxford English Corpus. For further explanation, see usage at hopefully .

thankfully

th á nk ful ly 副詞 1 〖文修飾 〗ありがたいことに, おかげさまで .2 感謝して .