thankful Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective feeling or showing gratitude
    grateful.
    • a grateful heart
    • grateful for the tree's shade
    • a thankful smile

WordNet

Thank"ful adjective
Etymology
AS. Þancfull.
Definitions
  1. Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy. R.
    Ladies, look here; this is the thankful glass That mends the looker's eyes; this is the well That washes what it shows. Herbert.
  2. Impressed with a sense of kindness received, and ready to acknowledge it; grateful.
    Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Ps. c. 4.
    -- Thank"ful*ly, adv. -- Thank"ful*ness, n.

Webster 1913