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

I begrudgingly rise from my marshmallow chair and dart around the room, pulling comic books and toiletries into my suitcase like a speed-packing vortex.

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Glen Powell stars as Ben Richards, a cash-strapped, employer-blacklisted father who begrudgingly agrees to be a contestant on a television hit that no one has survived.

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When he signed with the Angels in 2018, Yang, an L.A. native, begrudgingly went to the games with his wife just to catch their favorite player on the diamond.

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But on “Special Report” that night, Fox News contributor Brit Hume begrudgingly admitted that Mamdani “is a big talent.”

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

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