ungrudging
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of ungrudging
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Not perfect alignment, obviously, but alignment on what you deem essential, plus ungrudging respect for each other’s differences and right to have them, plus deep investment in your mutual happiness.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
The dinosaurs looked on with frank, ungrudging fascination as these latterday fans – Hickey referred to them as “the nouveaux” – fell head over heels too.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2018
“This splendid lady sandbagged me,” Bloom said in a recent phone conversation, with the lofty, ungrudging admiration of an old general recalling an opposite number’s surprise attack at some long-ago battle.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
It is possible that Ms. Rice’s report will finally provide a clear resolution, an ungrudging decision to overturn the conviction or, conversely, persuasive evidence supporting the verdict that will come with Mr. Scheck’s imprimatur.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2013
His China campaigns had earned him ungrudging praise, and a fame which, but for his own diffidence, would have carried him to the highest positions in the British army.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume II by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
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