grateful

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I am grateful to have smart people to argue with, and grateful that this place isn't a wasteland.

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Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

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adjective

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for grateful.

adjective

Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.

See also: pleasant, appreciative, glad, thankful

Example sentences

I am grateful to have smart people to argue with, and grateful that this place isn't a wasteland.

You should be grateful that someone with professional expertise is here talking about what they know, not attempting to smear them.

I'm grateful to you because your article gave me a few clues about one part of my problems.

It is an experience few people get to have so I am grateful to have had it.

I give very little by purchasing OpenBSD gear so I am grateful when a company steps up and contributes.

I'm quite grateful for this, as not once in my life have I ever felt in danger in the water.

Incidentally, if anyone knows or has experienced with a similar setup I'd be forever grateful.

Am grateful for Open's work in talking about often unspoken issues.

My OS is GPL, for instance, and I'm grateful to its developers & community.

Thank you for raising this one noisily; very grateful.

Then when you complain that every cookie shop sells turds of some flavour or another, they'll say you should be grateful for all the choices you have.

Not having student loans is something I'm extremely grateful to my parents for, because with loans this sort of thing would be impossible.

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Or is it "be grateful, correct anything that changes the meaning, but don't be petty"?

I am very grateful to Crockford for the "Good Parts" book and JS5 - I like that lean approach.

Your "fact" therefore contains as much truth as the average Fox News story, and I would be grateful if you would correct it immediately.

I'm grateful to learn about dealing with the issue (and approaching it with very different solutions) with NoSQL -- but on the fence if I"m spending my time on something useful.