begrudginglyadv.
/bɪˈɡrʌdʒɪŋli/ In a grudging manner or spirit.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]
unwillc893
uneathc900
unthankc960
latelyOE
against a person's willa1225
loatha1340
grutchingly1340
at one's unthanksa1400
wandsomely?a1400
at (or again) one's unwillesc1400
uneathsa1425
unwilfully1435
invitec1450
tarrowinglyc1480
scantly1509
nicely1530
tarryingly1530
unwillingly?1531
loathly1547
faintly1548
evil-willingly1549
grudgingly1549
difficultly1551
loathsomely1561
dangerously1573
ill-willing1579
backwardlya1586
costively1598
with an ill will1601
with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614
sadly1622
tenderlya1628
reluctantly1646
shyly1701
uncheerfully1754
à contre-coeur1803
shrinkingly1817
retractatively1851
begrudgingly1853
forcibly1867
loathfully1887
tharfly1894
1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 159 I looked begrudgingly on them as they occupied the whole pool.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native III. vi. iv. 304 The original owners..cackled begrudgingly at sight of such a quantity of their old clothes.
1890 Illustr. London News 29 Nov. 686/1 It was a narrow little way begrudgingly left between these sullen hedges.
1968 Listener 11 July 44/1 Begrudgingly, the situation was accepted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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