Dictionary

gratefully en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɹeɪtfəli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English grateful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English gratefully From grateful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a grateful manner.
   • 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.’ 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
   • The patients were all treated at the Duchess of Kent Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital, Sandy Bay, Hong Kong, and the work of all colleagues, nursing staff and collaborators in this study is gratefully acknowledged. 1983, John Patrick O'Brien, “Clinical Techniques of Halo Pelvic Fixation”, in External Skeletal Fixation, Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 599, column 2:

Forms

Deriveds

ungratefully