gratefully
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪtfəli/
- Hyphenation: grate‧ful‧ly
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Adverb
gratefully (comparative more gratefully, superlative most gratefully)
- In a grateful manner.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess:
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
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