GRATEFULLY

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I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a thankful manner; with thanks

Example:

he accepted thankfully my apologies

Synonyms:

gratefully; thankfully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

grateful (feeling or showing gratitude)

Sense 2

Meaning:

With appreciation; in a grateful manner

Example:

he accepted my offer appreciatively

Synonyms:

appreciatively; gratefully

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

ungratefully (in an ungrateful manner)

Pertainym:

grateful (feeling or showing gratitude)

Credits

Context examples:

"Thank you," said Dorothy gratefully.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Mr. Crawford would certainly never address her so again: he must have seen how unwelcome it was to her; and in that case, how gratefully she could esteem him for his friendship to William!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

John would have preferred his own fireside if it had not been so lonely, but as it was he gratefully took the next best thing and enjoyed his neighbor's society.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Ever since I have known it, I have been most anxious to acknowledge to you how gratefully I feel it.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Yes, honourable, I think, to chuse so well and so gratefully.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She gratefully thanked him but remained inexorable.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I am all right now,” she said, looking up at me gratefully. “Let us go on.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

When her mother came up to see her, she did not seem to notice any change whatever, but said to me gratefully:—We owe you so much, Dr. Seward, for all you have done, but you really must now take care not to overwork yourself.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was an advantage that could not be too gratefully acknowledged, nor too speedily made use of; and the visit to Lady Middleton, which had not before had any precise limits, was instantly discovered to have been always meant to end in two days' time.