Grudgingly

Quick meaning: Grudgingly is an adverb meaning In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.

Meaning

In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.

Example Sentences

I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’

"This is just a cover story," Clay says to O5-8, not taking his eyes off Marion. "It's a good one, but she's had it worked out in advance." "Clay, lose the piece," says the O5. Grudgingly, Clay does so.

Online and over Shabbat dinners, arguments about the election have grown bitter. Those grudgingly planning to vote for Labour have been called traitors to the community and self-hating Jews. Anti-Corbyn die-hards, on the other hand, have been branded the handmaidens of a hard Brexit.

Synonyms for grudgingly

Depending on context, synonyms include petulantly, unwillingly.

Antonyms for grudgingly

Common opposites include ungrudgingly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reluctantly, unwillingly, barely, begrudgingly, grudgefully, ungratefully.

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