thankfully

adverb/ˈθæŋkfəli/

Frequency rank: #5,396 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

used to express relief or gratitude that something good happened or something bad was avoided.

Illustration for the English word “thankfully”

Example sentence

It was raining heavily, but thankfully we had brought our umbrellas.

Synonyms & related words

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