Grudgingly
['grʌdʒiŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in a grudging manner; 'he grudgingly agreed to have a drink in a hotel close by'.
Typed by Lillian--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a grudging manner.
Typist: Vance
Examples
- The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He did not care whether they made way with alacrity, or grudgingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Abuse and disuse characterize the older view of the state: guardian and censor it has been, provider but grudgingly. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- After some delay and demur, the door grudgingly turned on its hinges a very little way, and allowed Mr. Jerry Cruncher to squeeze himself into court. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Smallweed glanced with a troubled eye at us and grudgingly nodded assent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Having seen that the impulse is a necessary part of character, we must not hold to it grudgingly as a necessary evil. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The major spoke grudgingly to the orderly who ducked back into the hole again and came out with a quarter of a white cheese. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Vance