adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
very
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At first I was very thankful to be alive.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be thankful/grateful for small mercies/favours
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From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time.
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She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I am always thankful for their enthusiasm and commitment.
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She was thankful that Louise had insisted she travel first class.
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Take what they give you, and be thankful .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All were thankful that it was no worse.
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Giles walked slowly and quietly, thankful to be rescued.
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I get up every day thankful that I have a job and kids and a nice house.
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Later on she had good reason to be thankful that she was.
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Portadown won the local derby against Armagh 20-6 yesterday and will be thankful for another home draw.
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They had been conquered by Menelik but among them the Abyssinian imprint was as yet barely discernible, for which I was thankful .
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Tobie, who regarded the Patriarch with undiluted horror, felt thankful .