BEGRUDGINGLY Definition & Meaning

begrudgingly

[bih-gruhj-ing-lee]

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adverb

with or despite feelings of resentment or envy.
With virtually no advertising, he is swamped with work—a fact I begrudgingly admit because he's too busy to take me anywhere!
reluctantly; unwillingly.
I've eaten calf liver begrudgingly, but ultimately I don't like sitting down to a big slab of organ meat.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of begrudgingly¹

begrudg(e) ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) + -ly

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It’s a match made in hell, but both women are desperate, and they begrudgingly agree to a mutually beneficial deal.

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We had dozens of hours of conversations until Paul sort of begrudgingly agreed to proceed on the condition that I was on a trial period.

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Gould, who admits he only begrudgingly joined the choir to have a bonding activity with his wife, was similarly impressed.

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And his editors, though at first begrudgingly, would comply.

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One TikTok trend I will begrudgingly support is putting a soft yellow light behind a television to give it a halo effect, but only for television shows, and preferably scripted ones.

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begrudgery beg the question

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