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reluctantly

[ ri-luhk-tuhnt-lee ]

adverb

  1. without really wanting to; unwillingly:

    I told her to take a break, just for one moment, and she reluctantly pulled away from her work.



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  • 󲹱-·ܳ·ٲԳ· adverb
  • ܲ··ܳ·ٲԳ· adverb
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Mr Finch said he is "reluctantly" exploring taking extra security precautions in relation to the equipment.

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I reluctantly became her mule, my mother explaining to my 25-year-old self: This is a nice suitcase.

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Though he reluctantly went, the therapy didn’t take.

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Ms Burns said she and her mother had "reluctantly" accepted a placement at an alternative elderly day care centre in Newcastle, but would prefer that she continues to attend Ardarragh.

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With their heavy eyebrows and square jaws, they look like a fretful phalanx of Martin Scorseses reluctantly conceding that the movie is pretty fun.

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