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    thankful
    thank‧ful /ˈθæŋkfəl/ adjective [not before noun]
     Word Family: noun: thanks, thankfulness; adjective: thankful, thankless; verb: thank; adverb: thankfully
     Language: Old English
     Origin: thancful, from thanc; ⇨ thanks2
    grateful and glad about something that has happened, especially because without it the situation would be much worse
        thankful for
        I’ll be thankful for a good night’s sleep after the week I’ve had.
        thankful (that)
        She was thankful that Chantal was there.
        thankful to do something
        I was thankful to make any sort of progress at all.
    —thankfulness noun [uncountable]
    ⇨ be thankful for small mercies/favours at small1(13)