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grateful

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  1. pleasant              
 
grate.ful \'gra-t-f*l\ \-f*-le-\ aj [obs. grate pleasing, thankful, fr. L 
   gratus - more at GRACEM 1a: appreciative of benefits received  1b: 
   expressing gratitude  2a: affording pleasure or contentment : PLEASING  2b: 
   pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated  GRATEFUL 
   commonly applies to a proper sense of favors received from one's fellowmen; 
   THANKFUL may apply to a more generalized acknowledgment of what is vaguely 
   felt to be providential - grate.ful.ly av SYN syn GRATEFUL, THANKFUL mean 
   feeling or expressing gratitude.