thankfully

thankfully
adverb Date: before 12th century 1. in a thankful manner <
spoke thankfully
>
2. as makes one thankful <
graceless stadiums…thankfully going out of fashion — R. G. Echevarriá
>
<
thankfully, those opinions are advanced with graceful prose — Ken Auletta
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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