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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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thankfulness
English
Alternative forms
- thankefulnesse (obsolete)
Etymology
thankful +? -ness
Noun
thankfulness (usually uncountable, plural thankfulnesses)
- The state of being thankful.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
- 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
Synonyms
- (state of being thankful): appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude
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