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thaneship |
thank |
thank offering |
thank you |
thankful |
thankfully
| thankfulness
| thankless
| thankless wretch
| thankly
| thanks
thankfully
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial thankfully has 2 senses
- thankfully(r = adv.all) gratefully - in a thankful manner; with thanks; "he accepted thankfully my apologies"
- thankfully(r = adv.all) Array - let us be thankful that; "thankfully he didn't come to the party"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thankfully, adv.
1 in a thankful manner.
2 disp. let us be thankful; fortunately (thankfully, nobody was hurt).
1 in a thankful manner.
2 disp. let us be thankful; fortunately (thankfully, nobody was hurt).
Etymology
OE thancfullice (as THANKFUL, -LY(2))
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