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# thankful

adjective (thankful, more thankful, most thankful)

«thankful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or something bad did not happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#m1)
2. Feeling thanks towards someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and stories it shows relief and gratitude: «thankful that nobody was hurt». In many families and schools, at harvest festivals or Thanksgiving (USA, Canada), people say what they are thankful for. Phrases: «thankful for», «thankful that», «be thankful», «small mercies».

### Examples

- I'm thankful for my friends and family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x1)
- We were thankful that nobody was hurt in the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x2)
- Be thankful for what you have. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x3)
- She was thankful for the warm soup after the cold walk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x4)
- At Thanksgiving we each say one thing we're thankful for. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x5)
- The farmer was thankful for the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/#x6)

### Note

Followed by «for» + noun or «that» + sentence. Adverb: «thankfully» (also used to mean «luckily»: «Thankfully, it stopped raining»). «Thankful» and «grateful» are close; «grateful» is used more for thanks to a person.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thankful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thankful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thankful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thankful.html) on Mova free.