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- adverb In a
begrudging manner; in a manner that isenvious orreluctant .
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Examples
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This is the same man (and I use that word begrudgingly) that pummeled Miguel Cotto into bloody submission with what many now suspect were similarly tainted hand wraps.
Dr. Johnny Benjamin: Pacquiao v Margarito. Please Don't Reward a Scoundrel! 2010
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Walker said he "begrudgingly" accepted the trip to the disabled list, but he also saw the benefit.
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His parents in Boston are "begrudgingly" supporting his decision, although his mother says she plans to visit.
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He suggested the justices could "begrudgingly" affirm the lower court "on alternative grounds" and take up some of the questions it avoided in its previous ruling.
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He said the ice rink was broken and he "begrudgingly" paid extra for his son to go on some funfair rides.
BBC News - Home 2010
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He said the ice rink was broken and he "begrudgingly" paid extra for his son to go on some funfair rides.
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But San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who announced his gubernatorial bid Tuesday, said in an interview that he is only "begrudgingly" supporting Proposition 1A and Proposition 1B - a measure to pay schools $9.3 billion education advocates say is owed.
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Newsom said in an interview he "begrudgingly" supports Proposition 1A but opposes borrowing money from lottery earnings.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
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Editors at UCLA's student paper "begrudgingly" ran a full-page ad for Haagen-Dazs wrapped around today's front page, and say in an editorial that it's a "regrettable but relatively unavoidable consequence of the recent financial trends devastating our sources of revenue and our industry."
LA Observed 2009
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I've been sufficiently impressed to 'begrudgingly' donate what little I can, from time to time, which (I assure you) require a lot of persuasion to pull out of me:).
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