blessedly

adverb

Definition of blessedlynext
as in fortunately

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Recent Examples of blessedly And Dad actually makes an uncredited vocal cameo on one of the album’s more blessedly strange tracks. — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026 Now, with three more wins, Haaland would give his country, and the soccer world, the most blessedly incorrect take of all-time. — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2026 This year, blessedly free of injury, Muchová has belatedly been able to play the kind of tennis that makes purists purr. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 July 2026 Margaret’s attic, though blessedly private, was also hot in the summer, the best efforts of its in-window air conditioner insufficient for the heat that had been seeping upward all afternoon. — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026 In the show’s second season, Sylvia’s burgeoning event-planning business put her on a collision course with her platonic bestie’s bad-idea wedding, leaving her plenty of space to stumble and spin out within the show’s blessedly joke-heavy sensibility. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026 Each fixture and floor is made with natural, upcycled materials, and blessedly, these homes are naturally cool even in the summer. — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 May 2026 The film’s memorable bike chase and bathtub are blessedly intact, as is the iconic sequence of Michael and the vamps leaping from a bridge to avoid an oncoming train. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 May 2026 As fake dating logic dictates, proximity (and, blessedly, only one bed) leads to very real feelings. — Erin La Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blessedly
  1. fortunately
  2. thankfully
  3. happily
  4. luckily
  5. helpfully
Adverb
  • Chase Lackard, 20, is accused of firing the shots, which fortunately did not hit anyone.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The encounter fortunately ended without anyone being injured, but Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the hikers after the video was posted online and racked up millions of views.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of fortunately
Adverb
  • Dubrovnik is only around 37 miles away as the crow flies, but thankfully there is not a scrap of Game of Thrones merchandise in sight, although the cruise ship looming over the port announces that mass tourism has not passed Kotor by.
    — Jonathan Wiggin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Quite a bit of time later, Águas followed up in English, which thankfully got Lopes’ attention.
    — Ainsley Flood, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of thankfully
Adverb
  • These vines will also happily wind their way around tree trunks and shrubs and fix themselves in place with small rootlets that take on a hairy appearance as poison ivy plants mature.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
  • His child, who had once vomited silently in the bathtub, then gone on playing happily with her bath toys.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of happily
Adverb
  • That hole is hidden behind the building in between two structures; luckily, no debris had fallen into the roadway.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Nightlife Courage Piano Lounge + Nobusas Coffee Going to a Japanese jazz bar is a rite of passage for Tokyo visitors, but, luckily, there’s one conveniently situated in Gardena.
    — Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of luckily
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  • Freud once helpfully distinguished that healthy thing, mourning, from melancholia—the mourning that never ends, grief that is unable to let the lost object go.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The game helpfully signals turns and obstacles with various signs that pop up on screen.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 18 July 2026
Definition of helpfully

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