thankfully

thankful +‎ -ly

thankfully (comparative more thankfully, superlative most thankfully)

1. In a thankful manner; giving thanks.
   • c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I scene i:

     Gratiano:

     […] I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth

     That which I owe is lost; but if you please

     To shoot another arrow that self way

     Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,

     As I will watch the aim, or to find both,

     Or bring your latter hazard back again,

     And thankfully rest debtor for the first.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292:

     I immediately offered my assistance to the unhappy person, who thankfully accepted it, and, putting himself under my conduct, begged me to convey him to some tavern, where he might send for a surgeon […]

2. fortunately.

   I was almost late for work, but thankfully there wasn't much traffic on the roads.