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

—R. G. Echevarriá

thankfully, those opinions are advanced with graceful prose

—Ken Auletta

Examples of thankfully in a Sentence

The instructions were thankfully simple.

I always receive your calls thankfully.

Recent Examples on the Web

However, she may be most remembered for having crawled into Bond's bed naked in the hope of seducing him, which thankfully doesn't lead to any consummation given she's supposed to be 16 and Roger Moore's Bond was 53 at the time of the film's release. —EW.com, 23 Mar. 2025

Custom fonts and label sizes The generic, single-size font used on older label makers is thankfully also a thing of the past. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025

Some that lasted or influenced trends today—ranch style homes and checkerboard floors—and others that thankfully did not. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025

Still and thankfully, the aforesaid incident doesn’t stop Lauren from attending a wedding with Sean in Palm Springs, which is when things take a real turn towards Lauren’s self-actualization. —Tomris Laffly, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1