ungrudgingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrudgingly
Adverb
  • Lazary was most impressed with how diligently and unselfishly Haight developed from a top-line scorer into a responsible, third-line, two-way center.
    Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Nor from showing how Bull unselfishly and painfully gets in the way when preventing Sterling from mounting his beloved Honey.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Our partners over there are looking for everyday heroes, like teachers, first responders, heck, anyone who has selflessly served others.
    Nashville Tennessean, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This part of the story is a story in itself, but the wars and the result left two-thirds of the recruits dead and rendered Rusty’s appendages useless as he selflessly piloted night and day to fight off every rogue machine.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The hostess seemed to accept this quite cheerfully and, in fact, expect the mess.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • No Mob boss, cheerfully decreeing that an inconvenient witness be rubbed out, could be more resolute.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The Blue Jackets were outpaced and outclassed, and took their lopsided loss graciously.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Jeff Schenck with Hybrid Entertainment graciously purchased my wigs, and even offered unlimited transportation to any of my appointments.
    Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • And Tarrant’s Noa, despite getting more screentime than either of them, is so far more just an amiably clueless straight man for everyone else (but mostly Colette) to project their weirdness onto than a compelling personality of his own.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In public, Mark Kerr speaks amiably about his trainer turned rival and even takes him along for a rowdy impromptu meet-and-greet, but the lack of friction comes off less as a sign of his unflappability than of Safdie’s indifference to probing a friendship beyond buddy-comedy depth.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The scene is absurd to the point of funny—four men in tight quarters with an exposed corpse and yet affably disinterested.
    Diana Arterian June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
  • Before long, out of the jungle emerge elephants, affably swaying their trunks and dancing to his music.
    Anthony R. Cannella, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Adverb
  • But a reporter working on a story like mine would never request or permit an escort—after all, how can someone talk freely about a subject while being observed, however cheerily, by the government?
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Wesley would rack up accomplishments with a sparkling air of perfection, then march cheerily forward.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Bertinelli, meanwhile, could be seen laughing good-naturedly nearby, but did not correct the actor.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Ungrudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrudgingly. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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