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gratified, ppl. a.|ˈgrætɪfaɪd|
[f. gratify v. +-ed1.]
Pleased, satisfied, etc. Hence ˈgratifiedly adv., with pleasure or satisfaction.
1818T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 213 With many gratified acknowledgments of their high opinion. 1854Marion Harland Alone xxi, Mrs. Grant..raised her spectacles to look at her, and smiled gratifiedly. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Mkt. Harb. 76 ‘Never was better, sir’, answers gratified John, with a touch of his hat. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 243 ‘All Fan now’, says Singlet in anything but a gratified tone of voice. |