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reluctantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English reluctant Middle English -ly English -ly English reluctantly From reluctant + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
   • Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery. 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

Forms

Translations (38)

es renuentemente (in a reluctant manner) · ja しぶしぶ (in a reluctant manner) · hi अनिच्छा से (in a reluctant manner) · az həvəssiz (in a reluctant manner) · cs váhavě (in a reluctant manner) · cmn 勉強 /勉强 (in a reluctant manner) · el διστακτικά (in a reluctant manner) · hu ódzkodva (in a reluctant manner) · pdt onnood (in a reluctant manner) · it malvolentieri (in a reluctant manner) · ja 否々乍ら (in a reluctant manner) · es reticentemente (in a reluctant manner) · de ungern (in a reluctant manner) · hu kelletlenül (in a reluctant manner) · es reluctantemente (in a reluctant manner) · pl niechętnie (in a reluctant manner) · it con riluttanza (in a reluctant manner) · hi अनिच्छापूर्वक (in a reluctant manner) · uk неохоче (in a reluctant manner) · fr à contrecœur (in a reluctant manner) · it di malavoglia (in a reluctant manner) · nv tʼáá tiʼída (in a reluctant manner) · it svogliatamente (in a reluctant manner) · ko 마지못해 (in a reluctant manner) · ru неохо́тно (in a reluctant manner) · es reaciamente (in a reluctant manner) · pt relutantemente (in a reluctant manner) · hi झिझकते हुए (in a reluctant manner) · hi हिचकते हुए (in a reluctant manner) · fi vastahakoisesti (in a reluctant manner) · es con renuencia (in a reluctant manner) · az könülsüz (in a reluctant manner) · nl met tegenzin (in a reluctant manner) · no uviljug (in a reluctant manner) · it senza alcun interesse (in a reluctant manner) · hu vonakodva (in a reluctant manner) · hu húzódozva (in a reluctant manner) · ru с неохо́той (in a reluctant manner)