adverb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Thankfully , my children are grown and able to support themselves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Firstly, engine fires happen, though thankfully they are rare, and often not catastrophic.
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Perhaps local authorities should thankfully accept this solution and turn their attention to the needs of non-dementing elderly residents and community services.
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Several other analysts of international politics thankfully envision more constructive possibilities.
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The carousel, its rows of white horses resplendent with red leather saddles and black-painted bridles, was thankfully almost empty.
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The lift was thankfully free and she stepped blindly into it, blinking so that she could find the right button to push.
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Very soon afterwards, the archdiocese withdrew its plans and the church thankfully continues in use.