reluctantly
Syllables: re·luc·tant·ly/ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/
reluctantly adverb: in a reluctant or hesitant manner.
Adverb
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...
reluctantly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reluctantly in Hindi
- in a reluctant manner
- अनिच्छापूर्वक anicchāpūrvak, हिचकते हुए hicakte hue, झिझकते हुए jhijhakte hue, अनिच्छा से anicchā se
reluctantly in Tamil
- தயக்கத்துடன், வேண்டாவெறுப்பாக, விருப்பமற்று
reluctantly in Marathi
- अनिच्छेने, अनिच्छा बाळगून
reluctantly in Urdu
- ہچکچاہٹ سے
More languagesFewer languages
- reluctantly in Bengali
- অনিচ্ছায়
- reluctantly in Telugu
- అయిష్టంగా, అయిష్టంగానే, అయిష్టతతో
- reluctantly in Malayalam
- വിമുഖതയോടെ
- reluctantly in Kannada
- ಹಿಂಜರಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ
- reluctantly in Gujarati
- અનિચ્છાએ, અનિચ્છાથી
- reluctantly in Odia
- ଅନିଚ୍ଛା ରେ
- reluctantly in Nepali
- अनिच्छापूर्वक
Examples of reluctantly in a sentence
- They latched onto the idea and gave it up only reluctantly.
- “Apparently, when everyone reluctantly explained their various lifely circumstances, you made no comments whatsoever.
- Most attend school reluctantly and some 'beak off' (play truant) regularly.
Forms of reluctantly
| comparative | more reluctantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most reluctantly |
Origin of reluctantly
From reluctant + -ly.
Questions about reluctantly
- What does reluctantly mean?
- Reluctantly means in a reluctant or hesitant manner.
- What is reluctantly in Hindi?
- Reluctantly in Hindi is अनिच्छापूर्वक (anicchāpūrvak), हिचकते हुए (hicakte hue), झिझकते हुए (jhijhakte hue). See Reluctantly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reluctantly?
- Reluctantly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce reluctantly?
- Reluctantly is pronounced /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/.
Words near reluctantly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reluctantly (page history and authors); reluctantly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reluctantly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reluctantly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reluctantly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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