grateful
adjective
warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful.
gratefully
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a word derived from
grateful.
Example Sentences
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Additional support for science analysis from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy; and the Centre National d'Études Spatiales in France is gratefully acknowledged.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
This last in a series on July Fourth themes is about a small sweetness that was gratefully received.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Your company is worth millions, so you have the luxury of choice, something you are acutely and, it seems, gratefully aware of.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
Everything about this strange arrangement has worked, every fear has been squelched, all awkwardness has disappeared, and the Lakers have been left with a happily productive father and a gratefully improving son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
Gurgi, meantime, had returned with a huge armload of straw from the chicken roost, and the companions gratefully began heaping it on the clay floor.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
