grudgingly

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Recent Examples of grudgingly But after the guy left, looking grudgingly pleased, the bar got crowded. Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025 Russia is gaining territory, slowly; Ukraine is losing territory, grudgingly. Richard Stengel, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 As many media executives will grudgingly admit, despite the talk of content being king, the last few decades have been about distribution being king, with pay-TV transforming the entire media business. Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grudgingly
Adverb
  • At first begrudgingly, other tribes — usually at odds with one another — join her in order to defeat a common enemy.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty-six years after Home Improvement wrapped, the actress joined her former cast mates Richard Karn and Patricia Richardson in a scene in which Allen's grumpy protagonist Matt Parker begrudgingly attends a grief support group frequented by Charlotte (Nancy Travis).
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The girl’s dark-brown eyes flashed angrily.
    Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
  • James acts out by angrily finishing the painting of a sign on the Guinness plant wall.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Grudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grudgingly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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