unreluctantly en · ADV
Etymology
From unreluctant + -ly.
Meanings
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Without reluctance; willingly.
But all in vain; the indignant gale howls louder; then, with one hand raised invokingly to God, with the other they not unreluctantly lay hold of Jonah.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unreluctantly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unreluctantly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |