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gratefully

ADVERB
appreciatively
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Antonyms
WEAK
rudely thanklessly unappreciatively ungratefully


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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

"I think I understand more about why that wasn't done -- obviously gratefully -- but that is an area where my intuitions were just off."

From Barron's May 27, 2026

I’m willing to negotiate a trade right now: Give us decent bedside charging, and I will gratefully relinquish every last hotel alarm clock on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Katherine managed to push her foot through the bricks into the dust-filled air, Robbie seizing it gratefully and starting to frantically dig her out, also, miraculously, finding Finley alive and pulling him to safety.

From BBC May 14, 2025

Emma shrugs, and I squeeze her hand gratefully.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller




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