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31reluctant — adjective unwilling and hesitant; disinclined. Derivatives reluctantly adverb Origin C17 (in the sense offering opposition ): from L. reluctant , reluctari struggle against …
32reluctant*/ — [rɪˈlʌktənt] adj not willing to do something She was reluctant to leave.[/ex] reluctance noun [U] reluctantly adv …
33reluctant — adj. (often foll. by to + infin.) unwilling or disinclined (most reluctant to agree). Derivatives: reluctance n. reluctantly adv. Etymology: L reluctari (as RE , luctari struggle) …
34reluctant — Synonyms and related words: afraid, ambling, antagonistic, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, calculating, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, claudicant, complaining, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, deliberate, dilatory,… …
35Reluctant Imperialist — John C Calhoun who half heartedly supported the Mexican War …
36reluctant — re luc·tant || rɪ lÊŒktÉ™nt adj. hesitant, unwilling, disinclined, averse …
37reluctant — a. Unwilling, loath, averse, backward, disinclined, indisposed …
38reluctant — adj 1. unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, demurring, loath, averse; hesitant, hanging back, faltering, laggard; cautious, chary, careful, circumspect, wary, leery. 2. opposed, dissenting, oppugnant, antagonistic, antipathetic; contrary,… …
39reluctant — re·luc·tant …
40reluctant — adjective Syn: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic, resistant, opposed, hesitant, loath Ant: willing, eager …
