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with ill grace

with ill grace prepositional phrase: synonym of with bad grace.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of with bad grace.
    • Whether in consequence of this or not, the Liverpool company eventually gave way, and proceeded to build its portion of the work with some ill grace.1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 649
    • TfW has staff enforcing mask protocols at all the busy stations and most travellers oblige, albeit some with ill grace.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in RAIL, page 66
    Synonyms:
    with bad grace

Synonyms of with ill grace

Questions about with ill grace

What does with ill grace mean?
With ill grace means synonym of with bad grace.
What part of speech is with ill grace?
With ill grace is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with ill grace in the dictionary

  1. with God
  2. with God as my witness
  3. with good grace
  4. with good reason
  5. with hat in hand
  6. with ill grace
  7. with it
  8. with knobs on
  9. with leaden wings
  10. with no further ado
  11. with one arm tied behind one's back

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