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thankefulnesse

thankefulnesse is the obsolete spelling of thankfulness.

Meaning of thankfulness

Noun

thankfulness (usually uncountable, plural thankfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being thankful.
    • All our Diſcontents about what we want, appeared to me, to ſpring from the want of Thankfulneſs for what we have.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 153

Questions about thankefulnesse

What is thankefulnesse the obsolete spelling of?
Thankefulnesse is the obsolete spelling of thankfulness.

Words near thankefulnesse in the dictionary

  1. thanked one's lucky stars
  2. thanked one's stars
  3. thankee
  4. thankees
  5. thankefull
  6. thankefulnesse
  7. thanker
  8. thankers
  9. Thankerton
  10. thankes
  11. thankful

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