Etymology
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reluctant + -ly
Pronunciation
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IPA (key ) : /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Hyphenation: re‧luc‧tant‧ly
reluctantly (comparative more reluctantly , superlative most reluctantly )
In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
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: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.
Translations
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in a reluctant manner
Azerbaijani: könülsüz , həvəssiz
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勉強 / 勉强 (zh) ( miǎnqiǎng )
Czech: váhavě
Dutch: met tegenzin
Finnish: vastahakoisesti (fi)
French: à contrecœur (fr)
German: ungern (de)
Greek: διστακτικά (el) ( distaktiká )
Hindi: अनिच्छापूर्वक ( anicchāpūrvak ) , हिचकते हुए ( hicakte hue ) , झिझकते हुए ( jhijhakte hue ) , अनिच्छा से ( anicchā se )
Italian: svogliatamente (it) , di malavoglia , malvolentieri , senza alcun interesse , con riluttanza
Japanese: しぶしぶ (ja) ( shibushibu ) , 否々乍ら ( いやいやながら, iyaiya-nagara )
Korean: 마지못해 ( majimothae )
Navajo: tʼáá tiʼída
Plautdietsch: onnood
Portuguese: relutantemente
Russian: неохо́тно (ru) ( neoxótno ) , с неохо́той ( s neoxótoj )
Spanish: a regañadientes (es) , de mala gana (es) , con renuencia
Ukrainian: неохоче ( neoxoče )