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# unwillingly

adverb (unwillingly)

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

## Everyday

Unwillingly means not wanting to do something, so doing it slowly and with reluctance, as if against your will. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character sets out or agrees to something with a sigh, not with joy; the tale shows how they feel by how they act

### Examples

- But let us be quick," and rather unwillingly the donkey set out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#x1)
- Very unwillingly the jackal held the rope, while the hedgehog walked slowly round the greyhound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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