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thankfully
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)
- 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 […]
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i[1]:
- (sometimes proscribed) fortunately, gratefully.
- I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.
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fortunately
English
Etymology
fortunate +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f??t???n?tli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??t???n?tli/
- Hyphenation: for?tu?nate?ly
Adverb
fortunately (comparative more fortunately, superlative most fortunately)
- In a fortunate manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- It is (or was, etc) fortunate that.
- Fortunately, Sam's pet hamster was not dead.
Synonyms
- (in a fortunate manner): auspiciously, luckily
- (it is fortunate that): happily, luckily, mercifully, thankfully
Translations
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