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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But, gratefully, when we get together to write Valerie Cherish and her world again, it’s somehow more exciting than daunting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
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
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
In the interview, he described feeling some optimism and hope that the experience could ultimately teach him a positive lesson that he could look gratefully back on in the future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Miss Nsia was in the number of the washerwomen, and, with confusion of humility, came to my side and inquired whether Private Nothing wished his clothes washed; to which I assented gratefully.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
