reluctantly
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3.7
- adverb
- /rɪˈlʌktəntli/
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- She reluctantly agreed to help her friend move, even though she had other plans.
- reluctantly accept
- reluctantly agree
- only reluctantly
And she told Warner that she has had painfully and reluctantly scrapped them.
- And she told Warner that she has had painfully and reluctantly scrapped them.
- It's it's, it's been an interesting lesson that I have reluctantly embraced, I guess I would say.
- And then also, although reluctantly and with a lag, the US federal government came in with a bailout.
- He took part in the civil war between Pompeii and Caesar, picked the Pompeii side reluctantly, sort of like Cato did as well.
- A bombshell that Nixon's one time deputy assistant, Alexander Butterfield dropped very reluctantly.
- Even when your parents say, hey, go do the dishes right now, like you reluctantly go to do the dishes compared to, you know, hey, get these dishes done.
- Bad guys do some shit, lone man turns up, sorts them out, sometimes reluctantly, sometimes against orders.
- And they reluctantly agreed to make Raging Bull so and we made Rocky too.
- Al Timur reluctantly agreed, and the six year old Aringabel was duly enthroned as Great Khan, only to die two months later.
- Al Timur reluctantly agreed and the six year old Irinjibal was duly enthroned as Great Khan, only to die two months later.
- I'm putting words on it reluctantly, but but I think they trusted something.
- So they they reluctantly side with Pompeii.
Examples
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We're trying to run interference, and, reluctantly, I am asking for your help.
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And to all of this, the king reluctantly gave his assent.
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Very, very reluctantly I have given him in charge.
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I valued her and knew her longer so I reluctantly chose her.
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So very, very sadly and reluctantly, I am going to have to leave this behind.
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So he always brings up meditation, and I reluctantly agree to meditate with him.
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The judge questioned whether she had jurisdiction over custody and reluctantly entered a temporary protection order.
Academic text (2017) -
In the face of rapidly declining production, the government reluctantly began nationalizing firms and industries.
Academic text (1992) -
Fearful of losing British support, the World Zionist Organization reluctantly accepted the White Paper.
Academic text (1996) -
And she told Warner that she has had painfully and reluctantly scrapped them.
Synonyms
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6.1
Showing you do not want to do something
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3.2
In a slow, unsure way because of doubt
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3.4
In a way that shows you do not want to do something
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6.5
In a way that shows you do something without wanting to and feeling annoyed
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6.1
In a slow, unsure way that shows doubt
In a quiet way, not wanting to speak or give information
Antonyms
How Reluctant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reluctantly comes from the Latin parts re- meaning 'back' and luctari meaning 'to struggle', so it gives the image of someone pulling back or resisting. That's why to do something reluctantly is to do it with unwillingness or hesitation.