reluctantly

[ ri-luhk-tuhnt-lee ]

/ rɪˈlʌk tənt li /

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adverb

without really wanting to; unwillingly: I told her to take a break, just for one moment, and she reluctantly pulled away from her work.

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Origin of reluctantly

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Even as he battled through a year of illness, Mel wanted to know what was going on in his friends’ lives, only reluctantly revealing details of his own struggle.
Friends and colleagues mourn the loss of Mel Antonen, longtime MLB reporter|Scott Allen|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
He eventually agrees to go back to her house, where he finally, reluctantly, shares his first name.
8 new books coming out in February 2021|Rachel King|February 1, 2021|Fortune
When former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reluctantly postponed the Games in March last year, he said that 2021 would be Japan’s final chance to host the 2020 Olympics.
What does a new COVID-19 state of emergency mean for Tokyo and its Olympic dreams?|eamonbarrett|January 7, 2021|Fortune
The vicomte's allies drew away, not unreluctantly; and the two engaged.
The Grey Cloak|Harold MacGrath

He gives it me unreluctantly, I know, but I am always loth to apply to him.
New Grub Street|George Gissing
Indeed, so admirable was his manner that I retired unreluctantly from competition.
Sonia Between two Worlds|Stephen McKenna
Leslie looked off in front of her to verify the statement, and unreluctantly settled down on the little sofa to rest awhile.
Aurora the Magnificent|Gertrude Hall
Now I know—my heart knows it, for it has felt it—that she resigns herself to me unreluctantly.
Shirley|Charlotte Bront