reluctantly

reluctant +‎ -ly

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/

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• Hyphenation: re‧luc‧tant‧ly

reluctantly (comparative more reluctantly, superlative most reluctantly)

1. In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
   • 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:

     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.