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grudgingly, adv.|ˈgrʌdʒɪŋlɪ|
[f. grudging ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a grudging manner; unwillingly, reluctantly; with stint or reluctance.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Pet. iv. 7–11 Let him that hath substaunce..bestowe vnto them that haue nede, not grudgingly nether with murmuryng, but gladly and chearefully. 1644Bp. Hall Rem. Wks (1660) 138 The one doth it cheerfully and willingly; the other grudgingly and repiningly. 1781Cowper Charity 218 Trouble is grudgingly and hardly brooked While life's sublimest joys are overlooked. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. xii. 314 The reluctant civilities so grudgingly accorded by the Monarch. 1879Trollope Cousin Henry xxiv. 276, I had nothing to do but to obey his orders. But I did it most grudgingly. |