thankfully
Adverb
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Adverb
thankfully
- In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i:
- smallcaps Gratiano:
- […] I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth
- That which I owe is lost; but if you please
- To shoot another arrow that self way
- Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
- As I will watch the aim, or to find both,
- Or bring your latter hazard back again,
- And thankfully rest debtor for the first.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (
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- I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon […]
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i:
- (sometimes proscribed) fortunately.
- I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.
- German: Gott sei Dank, glücklich
- Italian: fortunatamente
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