grudgingly

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Recent Examples of grudgingly Later, after clearing the Silo 1 control room, Victor both chastises Camille for her failures and grudgingly praises her for lying so convincingly that his biometric lie detectors couldn’t detect it. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 Perhaps fittingly for such a demonized woman, Zosia is giving up her secrets grudgingly. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 The department, after criticism from the judge for sloppy legal work, grudgingly withdrew the subpoenas last month. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026 The president has even admitted, however grudgingly, that only Congress can create new election standards. — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026 The idea is to build a party that manages to unite (and to do so more than grudgingly) across its various wings, much as the opposition in Hungary did to defeat Viktor Orbán and now, hopefully, to stamp out Orbánism. — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026 For the past 250 years, the country has, sometimes grudgingly, overcome those obstacles. — Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026 Brands spend enormous sums trying to capture attention, yet sport is one of the few places where it is genuinely given rather than grudgingly captured. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Producers and consumers adapted — some voluntarily, others under duress, some defensively and grudgingly, some creatively and aggressively. — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grudgingly
Adverb
  • Accompanying him is Erika (Sandra Hüller), his daughter and fellow writer, who begrudgingly serves as interpreter, personal assistant and driver.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Its fabs, as the factories are called, are only begrudgingly opened to clients, and even they are afforded a look only at their own production lines.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Three planeloads of soldiers from El Salvador landed in Haiti on Friday, days after the Central American nation’s president angrily threatened Haitian gangs that ambushed a group of Salvadoran soldiers over the past weekend who remain missing.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
  • District of Columbia Judge Ana Reyes angrily scolded government attorneys in a hearing to block the government from cutting down more trees at East Potomac Golf Course.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Grudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grudgingly. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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