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# reluctantly

adverb (reluctantly)

«reluctantly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reluctantly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character does a task or goes away slowly because they do not really want to: «reluctantly bade him farewell»

### Examples

- He reluctantly put down his book and went to bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reluctantly/#x1)
- She reluctantly agreed to share her sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reluctantly/#x2)
- The dog came reluctantly out of the bath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reluctantly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in stories a character does a task or goes away slowly because they do not really want to: «reluctantly bade him farewell»

### Examples

- Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person \[note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reluctantly/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «reluctantly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reluctantly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reluctantly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/reluctantly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «reluctantly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/reluctantly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«reluctantly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reluctantly.html) on Mova free.