'Thankfully' definitions:
Definition of 'thankfully'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a thankful manner; with thanks; "he accepted thankfully my apologies" [syn: thankfully, gratefully]
adverb
Let us be thankful that; "thankfully he didn't come to the party"
Definition of 'Thankfully'
From: GCIDE
- Thankful \Thank"ful\, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.]
- 1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful. [1913 Webster]
- Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c. 4. [1913 Webster] -- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Thank"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]