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grudging adjective
/ˈgrʌdʒ.ɪŋ/ adj Definition
A grudging action or feeling is one which you do or have unwillingly
She won the grudging respect of her boss.
grudgingly adverb
/ˈgrʌdʒ.ɪŋ.li/ adv She grudgingly (= unwillingly) admitted that she had been wrong to criticize him.
(Definition of grudging adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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