Dictionary

grudgingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English grudging Middle English -ly English -ly English grudgingly From grudging + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.
   • 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.’ 2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226:
   • 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. 2019 November 21, Benjamin Mueller, “At Odds With Labour, Britain's Jews Are Feeling Politically Homeless”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2023:
   • "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. 2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9:

Forms

Relateds

begrudgingly

Synonyms

petulantly · unwillingly

Translations (18)

pt sem vontade (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · cmn 勉強地 /勉强地 (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · it di malavoglia (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · nb motvillig (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · es a cara de perro (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · nl met tegenzin (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · es a regañadientes (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · ro cu rea-voință (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · pt a contragosto (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · es de mala gana (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · pt com relutância (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · bg неохотно (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · it svogliatamente (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · fi vastahakoisesti (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · pt de má vontade (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · it malvolentieri (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · ro cu ranchiună (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire) · pt com má vontade (in a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire)