Definition of "thankfully" adverb comparative more thankfully , superlative most thankfully
In a thankful manner ; giving thanks . quotations examples
Quotations Gratiano : […] I owe you much , and , like a wilful youthThat which I owe is lost ; but if you pleaseTo shoot another arrow that self wayWhich 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 .
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]
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 […]
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]