reluctantly
without really wanting to; unwillingly: I told her to take a break, just for one moment, and she reluctantly pulled away from her work.
Origin of reluctantly
1Other words from reluctantly
- half-re·luc·tant·ly, adverb
- un·re·luc·tant·ly, adverb
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How to use reluctantly in a sentence
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 PostHe eventually agrees to go back to her house, where he finally, reluctantly, shares his first name.
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 | FortuneThe vicomte's allies drew away, not unreluctantly; and the two engaged.
The Grey Cloak | Harold MacGrathHe 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 McKennaLeslie 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 HallNow I know—my heart knows it, for it has felt it—that she resigns herself to me unreluctantly.
Shirley | Charlotte Bront
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