grudgingly
Against one's will
Grudgingly means with reluctance or resentment, doing something you'd rather not do: She grudgingly admitted he was right.
The word conveys that compliance comes without enthusiasm or goodwill—the action is performed, but unwillingly.
He grudgingly agreed to help move the furniture.
Without wanting to
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- reluctantlyWith obvious unwillingness
- half-heartedlyWith little genuine effort
- unenthusiasticallyWithout eagerness or interest
resistantly · aversely · loathly · tentatively · cautiously · warily · diffidently · apprehensively
In an engrossing manner
- obligatorilyBy force of requirement
- involuntarilyWithout deliberate intent
- demandinglyIn an insistent manner
- mandatorilyBy force of rule
under protest · under compulsion · against one's will · kicking and screaming
With harsh resentment
- spitefullyWith desire to harm
- sourlyIn ill-tempered manner
- sulkilyIn a brooding way
- hostilelyIn an antagonistic manner
maliciously · enviously · jealously · acrimoniously · venomously · rancorously · peevishly · churlishly
unwillingly
Without wanting to
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- reluctantlyWith obvious unwillingness
- half-heartedlyWith little genuine effort
unenthusiastically · resistantly · aversely · loathly · tentatively · cautiously · warily · diffidently · apprehensively · timidly
compellingly
In an engrossing manner
- obligatorilyBy force of requirement
- involuntarilyWithout deliberate intent
- demandinglyIn an insistent manner
mandatorily · under protest · under compulsion · against one's will · kicking and screaming
bitterly
With harsh resentment
- spitefullyWith desire to harm
- sourlyIn ill-tempered manner
- sulkilyIn a brooding way
hostilely · maliciously · enviously · jealously · acrimoniously · venomously · rancorously · peevishly · churlishly · grouchily
grudginglycheerfully
In a glad manner
happily · joyfully · gleefully · contentedly · pleasantly
grudginglygenerously
With free-giving spirit
magnanimously · unstintingly · lavishly · liberally · bountifully
grudging, begrudging, ungrudging, ungrudgingly, begrudgingly