adj.
- Unwilling; disinclined: reluctant to help.
- Exhibiting or marked by unwillingness: a reluctant smile.
- Offering resistance; opposing.
[Latin reluctāns, reluctant-, present participle of reluctārī, to reluct. See reluct.]
reluctantly re·luc'tant·ly adv.
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