grudgingly

Adverb

grudgingly (comparative more grudgingly, superlative most grudgingly)

1. In a manner expressing resentment or lack of desire.
   • "This is just a cover story," Clay says to O5-8, not taking his eyes off Marion. "It's a good one, but she's had it worked out in advance."
     "Clay, lose the piece," says the O5.
     Grudgingly, Clay does so.2008–2021, qntm, “We Need To Talk About Fifty-Five”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 9
   • I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’2009, Geoff Dyer, Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, Canongate, published 2015, page 226

   Synonyms:

   petulantly, unwillingly