~ (to do sth) hesitating before doing sth because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do:
reluctant agreement / support * She was reluctant to admit she was wrong. * He finally gave a reluctant smile. * a reluctant hero (= a person who does not want to be called a hero)
reluctance noun [U,sing.] ~ (to do sth):
There is still some reluctance on the part of employers to become involved in this project. * They finally agreed to our terms with a certain reluctance. * It was with great reluctance that she took early retirement.
reluctantly adverb:
We reluctantly agreed to go with her. * Reluctantly, he started the engine and drove off.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for reluctant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is reluctant a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, reluctant is tagged as adjective.
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