Definitionadj. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
Last update: June 9, 2015
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Having never eaten seafood before, the man was reluctant to try sushi. [adjective]
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He was very reluctant to admit his mistake. [adjective]
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The trip is being perceived here primarily as an attempt to persuade reluctant Arab allies to support a US-led drive to unseat Saddam Hussein. [adjective]
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Then, facing the applicant, he regarded him a moment with deep attention; after which he said, in a low and reluctant voice: "Justice is the law of the great Manitou." [adjective]
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"'Twould be, indeed, a bloody path for such tender feet to wade in," returned the equally reluctant scout; "but I thought it befitting my manhood to name it."' [adjective]
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"Le Renard Subtil is too much of a warrior," said the reluctant Heyward, "to refuse telling an unarmed man what his conquerors say." [adjective]
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The Indians, however, hesitated not a moment, but taking the bridles, they led the frightened and reluctant horses into the bed of the river. [adjective]
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The clocks of London having demonstrated the futility of any reference to that ill-used Geneva toy, she consented to retire, but was reluctant to the last. [adjective]
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Most of these trees stood back a little from the margin of high tide, reluctant to see themselves in the water, for fear of the fate of Narcissus. [adjective]
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And much as he hated with his tainted heart the land of his father, the land of his birth, some reluctant pride arose that he was by right an Englishman. [adjective]
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No French boat was near them, no batteries there commanded their course, and the pilot-boat carried no prize-crew to direct reluctant labours. [adjective]
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