ungrudgingly

adverb

as in unselfishly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrudgingly
  1. unselfishly
  2. selflessly
  3. cheerfully
  4. graciously
  5. cordially
  6. amiably
  7. genially
  8. affably
Adverb
  • Dumfries cut inside and unselfishly rolled it across for Inter captain Lautaro Martínez to score one of the easiest goals of his career, tapping it into an empty net from three yards out.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • Help us and give us strength with the same courage and bravery my brother had, to unselfishly serve our country well.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of unselfishly
Adverb
  • Not every war could boast of attacks like this, with no one needing to be urged on, everyone rushing forward, selflessly giving their all.
    — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In a moment of tremendous loss, ordinary people performed extraordinary acts of courage, Americans selflessly served strangers in need, and communities refused to let tragedy have the final word.
    — Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of selflessly
Adverb
  • The school janitor emerged from a gap in the trees, smiling cheerfully.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Photos of him, resplendent in his bright red 4theriders leathers, cheerfully dragging some elbow on the racetrack.
    — Loz Blain September 24, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerfully
Adverb
  • The Close Encounters director looked back on a mock trial Sheindlin so graciously presided over in honor of his superfan mother’s 90th birthday.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
  • There have been some updates, so please check the schedule here and come listen to the candidates who've so graciously accepted our invite to speak.
    — Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of graciously
Adverb
  • Jackson and Turner-Smith split in 2023 and, after some custody disputes, coparent cordially.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The two part cordially—Rick expects nothing more.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 May 2026
Definition of cordially
Adverb
  • Maud Ogilvie smiled amiably at Flynn, as if waiting for a challenge.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • One recent evening, the horror director Oren Peli stopped by one such boozer, in an alleyway off the Strand, looked around amiably, and ordered a Coke.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of amiably
Adverb
  • Part of what fueled the ups and downs was the sense that Paul Baker is genially open to whatever life might throw at him — a personality type engineered to drive the acting-out Issa and the neurotic Anton to distraction.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Waiting to address the group, Larson genially reminisced with a retiree, Joe Suggs, one of his opponents in 1998.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of genially
Adverb
  • And Rob Sand, the affably idiosyncratic state auditor who didn’t have a challenger, is officially up for governor.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Which means right about now, the island is buzzing with thousands of MAMILs (middle aged men in lycra) and affably amateur Brits are arriving by the planeload.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Definition of affably
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“Ungrudgingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrudgingly. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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