reluctantly
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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