Definition of "gratefully" []

• In a grateful manner. (adverb)

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• "And quite firmly I was led towards it and given over to the man, who, setting down his cup of wine, took a coin gratefully from my Master."
• "Looking back on their earlier days of comradeship, he recalled gratefully what a power for good she had always been."
• "But I recall gratefully other influences quite as important to one's education."