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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thankful \Thank"ful\, a. [AS. [thorn]ancfull.]
     1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. [R.]
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              Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass
              That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well


              That washes what it shows.            --Herbert.
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     2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to
        acknowledge it; grateful.
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              Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. --Ps. c.
                                                    4.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Thank"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Thank"ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thankfully
       adv : for which you are thankful; "thankfully he didn't come to
             the party"

















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