UNGRATEFULLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ungratefully mean? 

• UNGRATEFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNGRATEFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in an ungrateful manner

  Familiarity information: UNGRATEFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNGRATEFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an ungrateful manner

Synonyms:

unappreciatively; ungratefully

Antonym:

gratefully (with appreciation; in a grateful manner)

Pertainym:

ungrateful (not feeling or showing gratitude)

 Context examples 

She was too tired, sometimes, even to smile, John grew dyspeptic after a course of dainty dishes and ungratefully demanded plain fare.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You treated me falsely, ungratefully, and cruelly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that," said Jo rather ungratefully.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)