/-fəlɪ; -fəlɪ/adv
1 in a thankful way 感激地; 欣慰地.
2 (infml 口) I/weare glad; luckily 我[我们]很高兴; 幸运地
*Thankfully, it's at last stopped raining. 谢天谢地, 雨总算停了. =>Usage at hopeful 用法见 hopeful.

adv
[sentence adverb]
used to say that you are glad that something has happened, especially because a difficult situation has ended or been avoided
　Thankfully, I managed to pay off all my debts before we got married.
feeling grateful and glad about something, especially because a difficult situation has ended or been avoided
　We came in and collapsed thankfully onto our beds.