thankly

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adverb

thankfully

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Meanings

adverbthankly (comparative more thankly, superlative most thankly)

comparative more thankly · superlative most thankly

  1. obsoletethankfully

    He giveth frankly what we thankly spend

    1608, [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 […]], published 1611, →OCLC

Origin

From thank + -ly.

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APA

thankly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankly

MLA

“thankly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thankly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thankly.

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