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Webster 1913 Edition
Reluctant
1.
Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth.
Reluctant
, but in vain. Milton.
Reluctant
now I touched the trembling string. Tickell.
2.
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance;
as,
. reluctant
obedienceMitford.
Syn. – Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy. See
Averse
. Webster 1828 Edition
Reluctant
RELUCT'ANT
,Adj.
1.
Striving against; unwilling; much opposed in heart.Reluctant now I touch'd the trembling string.
2.
Unwilling; acting with slight repugnance; coy.3.
Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as reluctant obedience.Definition 2024
reluctant
reluctant
English
Adjective
reluctant (comparative more reluctant, superlative most reluctant)
- (now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.108:
- There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].
- 2008, Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services, p. 222:
- They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].
- 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.108:
- Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
- She was reluctant to lend him the money
Synonyms
Translations
not wanting to take some action
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