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reluctantly
[ ri-luhk-tuhnt-lee ]
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- -·ܳ·ٲԳ· adverb
- ܲ··ܳ·ٲԳ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reluctantly1
Example Sentences
With their heavy eyebrows and square jaws, they look like a fretful phalanx of Martin Scorseses reluctantly conceding that the movie is pretty fun.
While Chelsea wanted to keep a player they believed would become exceptional, they had a duty of care to a teenager and reluctantly let him go, having not even paid a fee.
With the volume increasing outside, she reluctantly did so.
Frank reluctantly agrees to help play the fictitious producer, so long as things don’t get messy.
The good news is that most of them didn't like Trump that much to begin with, and voted for him impulsively and even reluctantly.
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