The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ungrateful \Un*grate"ful\, a.
Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful.
--South.Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear. [1913 Webster] -- Un*grate"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*grate"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In an ungrateful manner, done in a way lacking gratitude.
WordNet
adv. in an ungrateful manner [syn: unappreciatively] [ant: appreciatively, appreciatively]
Usage examples of "ungratefully".
Derk told her ungratefully as he dashed toward Querida lying against the fence.
That the two of them should respond to his bitterness -- when, on his second attic morning, they brought him a masala dosa instead of packet cereal complete with toy silver spacemen, and he cried out, ungratefully: "Now I'm supposed to eat this filthy foreign food?