grudgingly
Adverb: - In a manner that shows reluctance, resentment, or a lack of willingness. It describes doing something while feeling or showing that you do not want to do it.
The adverb "grudgingly" modifies a verb to indicate that the action is performed with a sense of unwillingness or resentment. It is typically placed before the main verb it modifies.
- He grudgingly agreed to help his colleague with the extra work.
- She grudgingly admitted that her opponent had a valid point.
- The company grudgingly issued a refund after weeks of customer complaints.
- "To do something grudgingly": This is the standard construction, emphasizing the reluctant nature of the action.
- The landlord grudgingly allowed the tenants to have a pet.
- Grudging (adjective): Given, granted, or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.
- He gave a grudging apology.
- Grudge (noun/verb): As a noun, a persistent feeling of ill will or resentment. As a verb, to be resentfully unwilling to give, grant, or allow something.
- Noun: He held a grudge for years.
- Verb: She grudged every penny she had to spend on the repair.
- Reluctantly: In an unwilling and hesitant way.
- Resentfully: With bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly.
- Unwillingly: Without willingness or enthusiasm.
- Willingly: Readily; without reluctance.
- Enthusiastically: With great eagerness, interest, or approval.
- Cheerfully: In a happy and optimistic way.
While "grudgingly" itself is not typically part of a larger idiom, it is commonly used to describe actions within idiomatic expressions about reluctance. - To give someone their due grudgingly: To reluctantly acknowledge someone's merit or right to something. - Even his critics grudgingly gave him his due for the project's success.
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in a grudging manner
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he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by
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