unreluctantly
- adverb
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈlʌk.tənt.li/
- Despite her initial hesitation, she unreluctantly volunteered to help with the project.
Examples
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After much discussion, she unreluctantly accepted the team's decision.
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Millie, perforce and unreluctantly, took her children out of bed at three o'clock in the morning.
Fiction book (1997) -
He unreluctantly agreed to join the committee, realizing it was necessary.
Synonyms
Without shame or embarrassment
They do or accept something without any doubt
Completely and without holding back
Without any pause or doubt
Without pause or doubt
Completely and without any doubt
Antonyms
How Willing
Surface Forms
Morphology
unreluctantly = unreluctant (transparent) = un + reluctant + ly
The adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to 'unreluctant' (itself interpretable as 'un-' + 'reluctant'); the negation plus adverbial suffix yields a directly inferable meaning.
Etymology
Unreluctantly breaks into un- 'not', reluctant 'unwilling or holding back', and -ly which makes it an adverb, so it means 'not unwillingly' or 'without hesitation'.