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< grate

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grate·ful

(gr

l) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Appreciative of benefits received; thankful.
Expressing gratitude.
Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable.

ETYMOLOGY:
From obsolete grate, pleasing, from Latin grtus; see g^wer-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
grateful·ly(Adverb), grateful·ness(Noun)

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