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Definition of Reluctantly
1. Adverb. With reluctance.
Definition of Reluctantly
1. adv. In a reluctant manner.
Definition of Reluctantly
1. Adverb. In a reluctant or hesitant manner. ¹
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Definition of Reluctantly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reluctantly
Literary usage of Reluctantly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... military division, on 13 March 1867, and was promoted to be lieutenant- general
on 6 March 1868. He died on 9 May 1874. reluctantly, relied [see SMITH, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"But he yielded, however reluctantly, to the ascendant which his wiser colleague
had acquired over him, and retired, immediately after his abdication, ..."
3. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1906)
"Thus Petrarch wrote in Padua when he learnt the tidings of Urban's death.1 2.
GREGORY XI., POPE, 1371—THE ROMANS reluctantly OFFER HIM THE DOMINION—THE ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... II. they reluctantly consented to an act of self-immolation hi order to obtain
security for the country against the accession of a popish prince to the ..."
5. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"CHAPTER XVIII Prophecies as to the year 1588—Distracted condition of the Dutch
Republic—Willoughby reluctantly takes command—English commissioners come to ..."
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