• Grateful

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    grate + -ful, from Latin gratus ("pleasing, agreeable") + -ful.

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    grateful

    1. Showing appreciation, being thankful.I'm grateful that you helped me out.I'm grateful to you for helping me out
      • 2012, May 5, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.
    2. Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
    3. Pleasing, welcome.
      • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor:Fell I upon my spear,
        Oh, death was grateful!
      • Herman Melville, Omoo... grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.

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