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Definition of Gratefully

1. Adverb. With appreciation; in a grateful manner. "He accepted my offer appreciatively"

2. Adverb. In a thankful manner; with thanks. "He accepted thankfully my apologies"

Definition of Gratefully

1. Adverb. In a grateful manner. ¹

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Definition of Gratefully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gratefully

graste grat grate grated grated cheese grateful grateful med gratefull gratefuller gratefullest

gratefully gratefulness gratefulnesses grateless grater graters grates graticulate graticulated graticulating

graticulation graticulations graticule graticules gratification

Literary usage of Gratefully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by Scotland Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) (1854)
"Believe me always, dear Thomson, very gratefully and sincerely, F. JEFFREY." Almost simultaneously with the Review, another work was in progress more suited ..."

2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... forming when complete two royal quarto volumes, and was gratefully dedicated to his earliest patron, Archdeacon Froude. The drawings, which were ..."

3. Literary Friends and Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells (1900)
"... and he listened to me with a sweet intelligence which I shall always gratefully remember. He died too young, with his life's possibilities mainly ..."

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