gratefully

Example Sentences

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"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

And if your spouse needs cancer treatment in another city, you might want to relax your boundaries and accept a gift of financial help gratefully.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Your company is worth millions, so you have the luxury of choice, something you are acutely and, it seems, gratefully aware of.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

"He passed it presumably because it went back and then gratefully I received the £7,500 because I was at the end of my tether at that stage."

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024

Frodo now accepted the invitation gratefully, to the relief of Pippin and Sam.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien