Meanings
adverbreluctantly (comparative more reluctantly, superlative most reluctantly)
comparative more reluctantly · superlative most reluctantly
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
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Chinese Mandarin 勉強 /勉强
- 勉強 /勉强 (miǎnqiǎng)in a reluctant manner
Czech váhavě
- váhavěin a reluctant manner
Dutch met tegenzin
- met tegenzinin a reluctant manner
Finnish vastahakoisesti
- vastahakoisestiin a reluctant manner
French à contrecœur
- à contrecœurin a reluctant manner
German ungern
- ungernin a reluctant manner
Greek διστακτικά
- διστακτικά (distaktiká)in a reluctant manner
Hindi अनिच्छापूर्वक, हिचकते हुए
- अनिच्छापूर्वक (anicchāpūrvak)in a reluctant manner
- हिचकते हुए (hicakte hue)in a reluctant manner
- झिझकते हुए (jhijhakte hue)in a reluctant manner
- अनिच्छा से (anicchā se)in a reluctant manner
Hungarian kelletlenül, vonakodva
- kelletlenülin a reluctant manner
- vonakodvain a reluctant manner
- ódzkodvain a reluctant manner
- húzódozvain a reluctant manner
Italian svogliatamente, di malavoglia
- svogliatamentein a reluctant manner
- di malavogliain a reluctant manner
- malvolentieriin a reluctant manner
- senza alcun interessein a reluctant manner
- con riluttanzain a reluctant manner
Japanese しぶしぶ, 否々乍ら
- しぶしぶ (shibushibu)in a reluctant manner
- 否々乍ら (iyaiya-nagara)in a reluctant manner
Korean 마지못해
- 마지못해 (majimothae)in a reluctant manner
Norwegian uviljug
- uviljugin a reluctant manner
Polish niechętnie
- niechętniein a reluctant manner
Portuguese relutantemente
- relutantementein a reluctant manner
Russian неохо́тно, с неохо́той
- неохо́тно (neoxótno)in a reluctant manner
- с неохо́той (s neoxótoj)in a reluctant manner
Spanish con renuencia, renuentemente
- con renuenciain a reluctant manner
- renuentementein a reluctant manner
- reaciamentein a reluctant manner
- reluctantementein a reluctant manner
- reticentementein a reluctant manner
Ukrainian неохоче
- неохоче (neoxoče)in a reluctant manner
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reluctantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reluctantly
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“reluctantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reluctantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reluctantly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reluctantly.
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