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begrudgingly

adv. In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.

Usage examples of "begrudgingly".

Dismissing these, she returned her attention begrudgingly to the boring passages Ivan had lauded.

The ritual by which this reward was begrudgingly given was unusually humiliating, but they expected this and merely lowered their eyes and shuffled forward in the line, ready to sacrifice any remaining shards of their self-respect in exchange for the crimpled scrap of plastic.

I did not see a living woman, I saw the black-and-white two-dimensional snapshots my grandmother had begrudgingly allowed me to examine as a little girl.