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reluctantly

«reluctantly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (reluctantly)

meaning for a pupil

Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something. tree →

sense 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

  • 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 →
  • He reluctantly put down his book and went to bed. tree →
  • She reluctantly agreed to share her sweets. tree →
  • The dog came reluctantly out of the bath. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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