reluctant

«reluctant» in Mova's school dictionary: Not wanting to do something, and so slow to do it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (reluctant; more reluctant, most reluctant)

meaning for a pupil

Not wanting to do something, and so slow to do it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character's feeling: a reluctant hero. In everyday life children may be reluctant to go to bed or try new food. Phrases: reluctant to, a reluctant reader, a reluctant hero.

examples

• He was reluctant to jump into the cold water. tree →
• She was a reluctant reader until she found comics. tree →
• The dog was reluctant to leave the beach. tree →
• I was reluctant to tell Mum about the broken vase. tree →
• The reluctant hero finally agreed to help. tree →
• They were reluctant to spend all their savings. tree →
• She seemed very reluctant, but at last she said: tree →

note

Adverb: reluctantly; noun: reluctance. Followed by «to» + verb: reluctant to go. Same family as unwilling; opposite of eager or keen.

In the corpora

• "Reluctant reader" means a child who dislikes or struggles with reading.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reluctant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.