thankfully
thankfully
adverb
adverb
- in a thankful manner
感谢地，感激地
she thankfully accepted the armchair she was offered.
她感激地接受了给她提供的扶手椅。
■[sentence adverb]used to express pleasure or relief at the situation or outcome that one is reporting; fortunately
谢天谢地，庆幸的是
thankfully, everything went smoothly.
谢天谢地，一切进展顺利。
- Old English thancfullīce (see thankful, -ly)
- Thankfully has been used for centuries to mean ‘in a thankful manner’, as in she accepted the offer thankfullySince the 1960s it has also been used as a sentence adverb to mean ‘fortunately’, as in thankfully, we didn't have to waitAlthough this use has not attracted the same amount of attention as hopefully, it has been criticized for the same reasons. It is, however, far commoner now than the traditional use, accounting for more than 80 per cent of citations for thankfully in the British National Corpus. For further explanation, see usage at hopefully
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