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GRUDGINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grudgingly mean?
• GRUDGINGLY (adverb)
The adverb GRUDGINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a grudging manner
Familiarity information: GRUDGINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a grudging manner
Context example:
he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by
Antonym:
ungrudgingly (in a generous and ungrudging manner)
Pertainym:
grudging (of especially an attitude)
Context examples
The slightest order was received with a black look and grudgingly and carelessly obeyed.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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