begrudgingly

[bih-gruhj-ing-lee]

adverb

1. 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!

2. reluctantly; unwillingly.

   I've eaten calf liver begrudgingly, but ultimately I don't like sitting down to a big slab of organ meat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of begrudgingly¹

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

Example Sentences

Federal employees are fired en masse, and then begrudgingly rehired piecemeal under court order.

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Devastating fires have pummeled Southern California in the last several decades, shifting the public conversation from fire suppression to fire preparedness and mitigation as governments begrudgingly acknowledge the disasters as regular occurrences.

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The risk is that, alternately, Britain follows France begrudgingly and is dragged into recognition without any significant diplomatic gain.

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It’s a match made in hell, but both women are desperate, and they begrudgingly agree to a mutually beneficial deal.

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We had dozens of hours of conversations until Paul sort of begrudgingly agreed to proceed on the condition that I was on a trial period.

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