loath
/loʊθ/ adjective C2- Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling. Always followed by a verbal phrase. · I was loath to return to the office without the Henderson file.
Comparative loather · Superlative loathest
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One of Sherlock Holmes’s defects—if, indeed, one may call it a defect—was that he was exceedingly loath to communicate his full plans to any other person until the instant of their fulfilment.
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