different between thank vs thankfully

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?ngk IPA^(key): /?æ?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?æ?k], [ðæ?k]
• (UK) IPA^(key): [?a?k]
• (æ-tensing, NYC) IPA^(key): [?e???k], [t?e???k], [ðe???k]
• Rhymes: -æ?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English thank, from Old English þanc (“thought, favour, grace, pleasure, satisfaction, thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, remembrance, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *tong-, *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank, Low German Dank, German Dank, Danish tak, Swedish tack, Faroese tøkk, Icelandic þökk. Related to thought.

Noun

thank (plural thanks)

1. (obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.

Etymology 2

From Middle English thanken, thankien, from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?n? (“to thank”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”), West Frisian tanke (“to thank”), Dutch danken (“to thank”), Low German danken (“to thank”), German danken (“to thank”), Danish takke (“to thank”), Swedish tacka (“to thank”), Icelandic þakka (“to thank”). Related to thought.

Verb

thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked)

1. (transitive) To express gratitude or appreciation toward.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed: […]
2. (transitive) To feel gratitude or appreciation toward.
   • 1844, The Quarterly Review (volume 74, page 104)

     Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.

3. (transitive) To credit or hold responsible.

Derived terms

• bethank
• thankable
• thankworthy
• unthank

Related terms

• thanks
• thank you
• think

Translations

Scots

Etymology

From Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?n? (“to thank”),

Verb

thank (third-person singular present thanks, present participle thankin, past thankit, past participle thankit)

1. to thank

English

Etymology

From Middle English thankfully, thankefully, þonkfulliche, from Old English þancfull??e, equivalent to thankful +? -ly.

Adverb

thankfully (comparative more thankfully, superlative most thankfully)

1. In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i^[1]:

     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.

   • 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 […]

2. (sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.

   I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.

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