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Thankfully, -(i)e, -i, adv. Also: thanke-, thanckfullie, thanckefullye, thonkfully. [ME and e.m.E. þancfulli (Wyclif), thankefully (1538), thanckfully (1552); Thankful(l)(e adj.]

1. In a manner deserving of thanks, acceptably, pleasingly; satisfactorily. a1400 Legends of the Saints iii 877.
He liffit sa … Thankfully to God and mane c1460 Consail Vys Man 346.
Love and reward fore curtasy Eftyr thi powar thankfully 1530 Haddington B. Rec. (Robb) 12 July.
He had done his verk thankfully a1570-86 Maitland in Maitland Folio MS 35/50.
Madame I wer trew servand to thy mother And in hir favour stude ay thankfullie 1592 St. A. B. Ct. 20 April.
To content and thankfullie delyver to James Millar … ane barrell and ane halff barrell of … Ȝetland wyle

b. specif. Referring to the paying of something owed, esp. a sum of money, or to the recording of a transaction in accounts: Satisfactorily, fully.(1) 1431 Reg. Great S. 43/2.
Ane and fifty ponddis of usuale moneth of Scotland lent and payit thankfully to me in my myster 1440 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I 10.
For sevyn score of markis … til me … thankfully payd and in myn vse conuertid 1482 Exchequer Rolls IX 284 n.
That ye redily and thankfully content and pay to the said Johne … the said yerely pensioun 1495 Rec. Earld. Orkney 201.
[We] sellis … the forsaidis sex merkis worth of land … for the soume of fourty schillingis … payt us thankfully in our grete mystar, the first penny and the last with all thar betuix 1500 Exchequer Rolls XI 266 n.
That ye cause hir to be thankfullie pait of hir said pension and liferent yerlie 1512 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 18.
The haill maill for all the forsaid terms [is to be] payit to the said Robert thankfully beforhand 1520 Fife Sheriff Ct. 182.
The quhilk Johnne [Ramkelour] … grantit that he lecentit and gave leife to Johnne Clapame … to cast certane fewell & peytis … to his propire wsse for the quhilk … the said Johnne Clapame had … thankfully payt to him for the said lecence giffing as wsse is in sic thingis at the wyll and pleiseire of the said Johne Ramkelour 1526–7 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 83.
The haill sowm that was compromitit be Thome Scot was thankfully payit to Mairyone be Jhone Scot in Selkerk 1532–3 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 84.
All and syndry tenenttis … to bring in and thankfully to my lords factouris pay thair byrune malis fermys and restis avin 1552–3 Dundee B. Ct. II 215a (26 Feb.).
Thanckfullie 1589 Lethington in Laing MSS 76.
Gif ye shall have neid of fordor nor this berar shall cause delyver yow, ye may use your credit and best meanes with your host … till your hame-cumming that it be thanckefullye saitisfiit againe 1605 Paisley B. Rec. 275.
Gif the said Robert Paterson, his said cautioners, or onie of thame, thankfullie paye to the said Johne Quhyte thesaurer the sowme of twentie punds twa schillingis as for the said Roberts burges fyne 1628 Aberd. Council Lett. I 290.
What ye deburse thairupon, salbe thankfullie refundit to yow 1631 Highland P. I 324.
With many other gratitudes plessouris and guid deidis thankfullie payit, done and impendit to him … be the said … Lord Lorne 1681 Red Bk. Grandtully II 256.
Many thanks for [your] continouance of the principall, which I trust shall be as thankfullie paid, and then the interest shall not fall in arear 1684 Dunblane Synod 206.
If he pay not the ten pound thankfully without anie stress of law, he be ordained to pay threttie pound money foresaid(2) 1527–8 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. I 233.
Quhilkis sowmes being payit be the said Jhone Purves thesaurare salbe thankfullie allowit till him in his comptis 1536 Crosraguel Chart. I 99.
Quhilk [sc. sum] salbe thankfulle inlowyt to yow at our nixt compt 1538 (c1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II 91.
Ane coitt [etc.] … quhilk being delyuerit sall be thankfully allowet to him in his nixt comptis 1545 Reg. Privy C. I 14.
The … sowme of vj^c li. be payit to the … thesaurar of the first money that salbe gottin in of the rest of the greit taxt … and … the collectoris to pay the samin thankfullie quhilk salbe thankfullie allowit to thame in thair comptis thai schewand the said thesaureris acquittence upoun compte 1580 Facs. Nat. MSS III lxix.
The soume of thrie scoir four pundis restand awand him … and … ane hundreth merkis money quhilk we haue grantit him as ane gratitude to be thankefullie allowit to yow in your comptis

2. a. In a manner expressing gratitude, with thanks, gratefully. b. In a manner expressing graciousness, pleasantly, willingly.a., b. a1400 Legends of the Saints vi 13.
A man, that … he in grete thank vil take, And als reward hym t[h]ankfully, Gyfe he his varke dois parfytly a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii 769.
Sancte Machore thane thankfully His gyft tuk 1400 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 48.
The qhwylk forsuth Murraf & Hedhouse the sayd Robert has gyffyn tyl hys forsayd brothir thankfully suppose it was talȝit tyl hym of befor c1400 Troy-bk. ii 51 (C).
Sche … Went to Anthenor … Ande preyed hym right tentyfly That he for hyr wald trete the pece With Menelayus … Which thing Anthenor thonkfully Hyght for hyre to trete fullely c1400 Troy-bk. ii 2074.
Ydomeus … And his wyf eke … Resaued him thankfully c1420 Wynt. vii 2098.
Twa thousand mark … He gawe till … his compeyhnown To be payid in his rawnsown … This Rychard tuk it thankfully [W. gret him thankit] 1444 Aberd. B. Rec. I 12.
Thai thankit hartlie the gude men of the toune, requiryng thaim of gude continuacioun; giue thai may get witting of ony gude that it be restorit, and that the alderman grauntit thankfulli to doo c1450 Craft of Deyng (STS) 276.
He suld resaue thankfully the pane of ded, in satisfaccione of all his mysdedis 1490 Irland Mir. III 164/38.
Wauld that sic maner of men suld be hard and thar seruice thankfully tane 1498–9 Acts Lords of Council II 333.
[At which term she and her servants are to leave the ground] thankfulle and with hir kyndnes [to be disponed upon by the abbot and convent as they think expedient] 1513 Doug. vii ix 81.
That sik forloppyn Troianys … Suld thankfully be resset 1530 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 106.
The said Villiem Brydin granttis that his moder suld haif the calderone for hir lyftyme and the maskfalt, and quhen the saidis Villiem neddis thaim to be bet with thaim thankfully, … cost fre a1578 Pitsc. I 247/24.
He … ressawit this hollie bischope witht reverence and intreitit him werie thankfullie for the king of Scottlandis saik 1594 Aberd. Council Lett. I 57.
Our merchand having furneist us maist thankfullie in sic thingis as wer maist necessar at the lait actioun and solempnitie of the baptisme 1678 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Processes No. 259.
The said John Robson did faithfullie promeis … to enter presentlie and thankfullie to be my herd at May day nixt