adv. (UN-1 11.)
Common from c. 1860.
a. 1631. Donne, Elegies, xi. 67. Receive from him that doome ungrudgingly, Because he is the mouth of Destiny.
1822. Lamb, Elia, I. Roast Pig. I am one of those, who freely and ungrudgingly impart a share … to a friend.
a. 1862. Buckle, Misc. Wks. (1872), I. 15. Let that honour be paid freely, ungrudgingly, and with an open and bounteous heart.
1887. Spectator, 15 Oct., 1392. His gifts and graces must be ungrudgingly admitted.
