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gratefully

ADVERB
appreciatively
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
rudely thanklessly unappreciatively ungratefully


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And even if your gesture doesn’t have a big financial impact on each customer, I’m sure the small act of kindness would be gratefully received by each customer you comp on that day.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 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

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

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

I gave him a drink of mine and he accepted it gratefully, with a look that asked for a truce.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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