Usually means: Reluctantly accepting with silent displeasure.
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  1. begrudgingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. begrudgingly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. begrudgingly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Begrudgingly, begrudgingly: Wordnik
  5. begrudgingly: Wiktionary
  6. begrudgingly: Dictionary.com
  7. begrudgingly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.

Similar:
grudgingly, reluctantly, grudgefully, loathly, ungratefully, resentfully, unwillingly, ungraciously, unresentfully, aversely, more...

Opposite:
willingly, eagerly, gladly, happily

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    olive,     mustard,     taupe,     khaki,     mauve, more...

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Similar:
grudgingly, reluctantly, grudgefully, loathly, ungratefully, resentfully, unwillingly, ungraciously, unresentfully, aversely, more...

Opposite:
willingly, eagerly, gladly, happily

Colors:
    olive,     mustard,     taupe,     khaki,     mauve, more...



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