reluctantly

IPA: rɪɫˈʌktʌntɫi

Examples of "reluctantly" in Sentences

As much as the word reluctantly rubs me the wrong way, I still haven't heard this: Sorry.
He looked puzzled, wary, at this apparent change of topic, but he said, drawing out the word reluctantly, “Yes.”
Salvation rose reluctantly from the dark depths of my memory and I heard my voice, calm and relaxed, gently beguiling in a swinish way.
I use the term reluctantly but truly -- it is rebellion! rebellion against the noblest government man ever framed for his own benefit and for the benefit of the world.
Of course, both Elizabeth and her brother John (Richard Carlson) insist on accompanying the group into the jungle, and despite misgivings, Quartermain reluctantly agrees.
But that doesn't stop our political "journalists" (I use the term reluctantly in this case) pretending surprise, and that a left-wing blog must have learned it from a leak, rather than just bouncing the same common wisdom round the blogosphere.