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thankly

thankly adverb: thankfully.

Adverb

thankly (comparative more thankly, superlative most thankly)

  1. (obsolete) thankfully
    • He giveth frankly what we thankly spend1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson...

Forms of thankly

comparativemore thankly
superlativemost thankly

Origin of thankly

From thank + -ly.

Questions about thankly

What does thankly mean?
Thankly means thankfully.
What part of speech is thankly?
Thankly is an adverb.

Words near thankly in the dictionary

  1. thankings
  2. thankiniside
  3. thankless
  4. thanklessly
  5. thanklessness
  6. thankly
  7. thanks
  8. thanks a bunch
  9. thanks a heap
  10. thanks a lot
  11. thanks a million

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