reluctantly
adverb
without really wanting to; unwillingly.
half-reluctantly
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a word derived from
reluctantly.
Example Sentences
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It took a while before Myatt realised – only half-reluctantly – that he was being drawn into a gigantic fraud.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2010
"Now, our Lady forbid!" exclaimed Adrian, with so devout an earnestness that the bystanders could not refrain from laughing; and even Montreal grimly and half-reluctantly, joined in the merriment.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
"I am then to call you Dicky?" asks Portia, smiling, and lifting her eyes as though half-reluctantly to his; she has quite entered into the spirit of the thing.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
Angela half-reluctantly seated herself, watching the Abbe under the shadow of her long lashes as he sat down opposite to her.
From The Master-Christian by Marie Corelli
Eustace glanced at his sister half-reluctantly, and a shade of concern crossed his face also.
From Greatheart by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
