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grudgingly

adverb as in involuntarily

adverb as in reluctantly

adverb as in unwillingly

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Example Sentences

She grudgingly asks acquaintances for help - most often with no success.

From BBC

I will grudgingly concede that “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock” made me want to revisit “Rear Window” because of how you present it.

From Salon

They have grudgingly acknowledged the desperate need to rebuild without fully committing to do so.

The two — once close — haven’t spoken since the president grudgingly stepped aside nearly a month ago.

The chronicler Froissart records that both sides saw clearly the Bohemian was at fault, but the French, not desiring to provoke the English during a lull in the Hundred Years’ War, grudgingly excused his behavior.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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