reluctantly
/ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/ adverb C1- In a reluctant or hesitant manner.
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“Anne Shirley,” reluctantly faltered forth the owner of that name, “but, oh, please do call me Cordelia.
“Yes, I suppose so,” said Matthew reluctantly.
“I’ll have to go around by the road, then,” said Anne, taking up her hat reluctantly.
“Well, I’ll be Elaine,” said Anne, yielding reluctantly, for, although she would have been delighted to play the principal character, yet her artistic sense demanded fitness for it and this, she felt, her limitations made impossible.
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