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UNGRUDGINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ungrudgingly mean? 

UNGRUDGINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb UNGRUDGINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a generous and ungrudging mannerplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


UNGRUDGINGLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a generous and ungrudging manner

Context example:

he ungrudgingly agreed to pay for everybody's dinner when the guests found themselves without cash

Antonym:

grudgingly (in a grudging manner)

Pertainym:

ungrudging (without envy or reluctance)


 Context examples 


They were delighted with the renovation and decorations of their rooms; with the new drapery, and fresh carpets, and rich tinted china vases: they expressed their gratification ungrudgingly.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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