BEGRUDGINGLY Definition & Meaning

begrudgingly

[ bih-gruhj-ing-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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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Origin of begrudgingly¹

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

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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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Trump has railed against Pelosi in particular as a “crazy” liberal who ruined California in the past, even as he has begrudgingly acknowledged the former House speaker’s effectiveness as a Democratic tactician.

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I was gracious in accepting but was kind of at a loss in terms of begrudgingly having to carry around a lone flower all night.

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