The thief reluctantly admitted his guilt.
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Reluctantly
//ɹɪˈlʌktəntli//
Synonyms for "reluctantly" (48 found)
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Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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37 translations across 20 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- həvəssiz adv (in a reluctant manner)
- könülsüz adv (in a reluctant manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 勉強 /勉强 adv (in a reluctant manner)
Czech
1 entries- váhavě adv (in a reluctant manner)
Dutch
1 entries- met tegenzin adv (in a reluctant manner)
Finnish
1 entries- vastahakoisesti adv (in a reluctant manner)
French
1 entries- à contrecœur adv (in a reluctant manner)
German
1 entries- ungern adv (in a reluctant manner)
Greek
1 entries- διστακτικά adv (in a reluctant manner)
Hindi
4 entries- अनिच्छा से adv (in a reluctant manner)
- अनिच्छापूर्वक adv (in a reluctant manner)
- झिझकते हुए adv (in a reluctant manner)
- हिचकते हुए adv (in a reluctant manner)
Hungarian
4 entries- húzódozva adv (in a reluctant manner)
- kelletlenül adv (in a reluctant manner)
- vonakodva adv (in a reluctant manner)
- ódzkodva adv (in a reluctant manner)
Italian
4 entries- con riluttanza adv (in a reluctant manner)
- di malavoglia adv (in a reluctant manner)
- malvolentieri adv (in a reluctant manner)
- senza alcun interesse adv (in a reluctant manner)
Japanese
2 entries- しぶしぶ adv (in a reluctant manner)
- 否々乍ら adv (in a reluctant manner)
Korean
1 entries- 마지못해 adv (in a reluctant manner)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá tiʼída adv (in a reluctant manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onnood adv (in a reluctant manner)
Polish
1 entries- niechętnie adv (in a reluctant manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- relutantemente adv (in a reluctant manner)
Russian
2 entries- неохо́тно adv (in a reluctant manner)
- с неохо́той adv (in a reluctant manner)
Spanish
4 entries- con renuencia adv (in a reluctant manner)
- reaciamente adv (in a reluctant manner)
- reluctantemente adv (in a reluctant manner)
- renuentemente adv (in a reluctant manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- неохоче adv (in a reluctant manner)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I listened to him reluctantly.
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He went to see her reluctantly.
Source: tatoeba (289266)
He took the job reluctantly.
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