half-reluctantly
- 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
A kind, fatherly, friendly face looked at her with a sort of compassion, as putting aside her thanks, the gentleman said, quickly, yet half-reluctantly, ‘Have you ever seen him like this before?’
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Trampy turned round, half-reluctantly: he didn’t like those jokes, but he didn’t wish to seem afraid.
From The Bill-Toppers by Castaigne, J. André
Then he noticed that the rustling was getting farther away, as if the man was pushing through the wood towards the moor behind it, and he turned back half-reluctantly to the road.
From Carmen's Messenger by Bindloss, Harold
Eustace glanced at his sister half-reluctantly, and a shade of concern crossed his face also.
From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
