reluctantly

Etymology

reluctant + -ly

adv

  1. 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. 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, in The Hocussing of Cigarette

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