THANKFUL


Meaning of THANKFUL in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

very

At first I was very thankful to be alive.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be thankful/grateful for small mercies/favours

From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time.

She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment.

She was thankful that Louise had insisted she travel first class.

Take what they give you, and be thankful .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All were thankful that it was no worse.

Giles walked slowly and quietly, thankful to be rescued.

I get up every day thankful that I have a job and kids and a nice house.

Later on she had good reason to be thankful that she was.

Portadown won the local derby against Armagh 20-6 yesterday and will be thankful for another home draw.

They had been conquered by Menelik but among them the Abyssinian imprint was as yet barely discernible, for which I was thankful .

Tobie, who regarded the Patriarch with undiluted horror, felt thankful .

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