The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grateful \Grate"ful\, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr['e] thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.]
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Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.
A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays.
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Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, And grateful clusters swell.
--Pope.Syn: Thankful; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; delightful; delicious. -- Grate"ful*ly, adv. -- Grate"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a grateful manner.
WordNet
adv. with appreciation; in a grateful manner; "he accepted my offer appreciatively" [syn: appreciatively] [ant: ungratefully, ungratefully]
Usage examples of "gratefully".
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He thanks her obliquely but gratefully by consulting her on the adaptor notion.
I gratefully acknowledge the following sources, not only for the information they offered me about bees, beekeeping, and honey making but also for providing the epigraph at the beginning of each chapter: The Dancing Bees by Karl Von Frisch, The Honey Bee by James L.
Portia submitted, and gratefully And by the time the red--gold coil was twisted in Cingalese fashion behind her head, where, to her astonishment, Anna fixed it with a solitary silver arrow, it was time to go to dinner.
But Verity had already cut the strips of cloth tying Cyn to the bed, and he gratefully swung up into the vertical, working the numbness out of his wrists.
Gratefully Dolley saw his eyes brighten, his pale cheeks tan, his jokes become more spontaneous.
As soon as I was in the midst of the little flock, the delight became general, Sophie distributing the sweetmeats to her friends, who received them gratefully.
It looked like grubworms mixed with sawdust, but Ro ate it gratefully.
There he gratefully collapsed while the brother guestmaster brought him a bowl of steaming hot pulse porridge topped by a pat of exquisite butter.
The latter gratefully lent herself to the kind intentions of her new friend, and endeavored to be pleased with all she beheld, though it was such pleasure as the sad and mourning admit with a jealous reservation of their own secret causes of woe.
She reached into her pocket for the lockbox, and closed her fingers gratefully over its smoothly dented surface.
I accept them gratefully, and to be indebted to you for such a service makes me truly happy.
Ashley slowly undressed down to her camisole and pantalets, gratefully beginning to wash the grime from her face and arms.
The fragrance of the thick stand of sweet pepperbush delighted her nostrils, and she inhaled it gratefully.
She leaned there gratefully while pindots of sickness swirled behind her closed eyes.