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UNGRUDGINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ungrudgingly mean?
• UNGRUDGINGLY (adverb)
The adverb UNGRUDGINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a generous and ungrudging manner
Familiarity information: UNGRUDGINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a generous and ungrudging manner
Context example:
he ungrudgingly agreed to pay for everybody's dinner when the guests found themselves without cash
Antonym:
grudgingly (in a grudging manner)
Pertainym:
ungrudging (without envy or reluctance)
Context examples
They were delighted with the renovation and decorations of their rooms; with the new drapery, and fresh carpets, and rich tinted china vases: they expressed their gratification ungrudgingly.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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