appreciative
I never thought I'd be staring at my TV screen and nodding appreciatively.
He sniffed the clean soft Mediterranean night air appreciatively.
He suddenly looked down at her and winked appreciatively.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Relieved and thankful
all's well that ends wellidiom
appreciate
appreciative
appreciative of something
beholden
bless
bless you!idiom
count
gratitude journal
I owe you (one)idiom
in acknowledgment of something
in debt to someone/something
indebtedness
mind
release
thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc.idiom
thank your lucky starsidiom
thankful
thankfully
thankfulness