The
adverb
reluctantly comes from the root word reluctant, meaning “unwilling, disinclined.” When you do something reluctantly, you don’t really want to do it. For example, if you answer a question reluctantly, you will first stall or try to change the subject.
Is Reluctantly an adjective or adverb?
reluctantly
adverb
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What is this word reluctantly?
:
showing doubt or unwillingness
She was reluctant to go. Other Words from reluctant. reluctantly adverb.
What part of speech is the word reluctantly?
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What is the adjective of reluctantly?
adjective.
unwilling
; disinclined: a reluctant candidate. struggling in opposition.
Is Reluctantly an adverb of time?
Ouch! The
adverb reluctantly
comes from the root word reluctant, meaning “unwilling, disinclined.” When you do something reluctantly, you don’t really want to do it. For example, if you answer a question reluctantly, you will first stall or try to change the subject.
Is resentfully a word?
resentfully Add to list Share. Doing or saying something in a bitter, angry way, especially when you feel you’ve been treated unfairly, is to do it resentfully. … This adverb comes from resent, “feel bitterness or indignation at.”
What is opposite word of reluctantly?
reluctant. Antonyms:
willing, inclined
, eager, forward. Synonyms: averse, unwilling, disinclined, loth, backward.
What is another word for reluctantly?
Some common synonyms of reluctant are
averse
, disinclined, hesitant, and loath. While all these words mean “lacking the will or desire to do something indicated,” reluctant implies a holding back through unwillingness.
What is the verb of reluctant?
reluctate
.
(obsolete) To struggle against anything
; to resist; to oppose.
Is Reluctancy a word?
The
state of not being disposed or inclined
: averseness, disinclination, indisposition, unwillingness.
What does albeit reluctantly mean?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishal‧be‧it /ɔːlˈbiːɪt $ ɒːl-/ ●○○ AWL conjunction
formal used to add information that reduces the force or importance of what you have just said SYN although He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation
. Chris went with her, albeit reluctantly.
Is Reluctant a adjective or noun?
adjective
.
adjective
. /rɪˈlʌktənt/ hesitating before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do reluctant agreement reluctant (to do something) She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
What is another word for many things?
1
multifarious
, multitudinous, myriad; divers, sundry, various.
Is Reluctant an emotion?
The feeling when you know that you should do something that you do not feel like doing. You feel reluctance when you have to do something
that you don’t feel like doing
.
