reluctantly

«reluctantly» in Mova's school 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

• 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

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