Used in a Sentence

reluctantly

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for reluctantly.

Editorial note

For years Tesla refused to make public it's sales numbers, after going public it's reluctantly doing so.

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Quick take

In a reluctant or hesitant manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of reluctantly gathered in one view.

adverb

In a reluctant or hesitant manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for reluctantly.

adverb

In a reluctant or hesitant manner.

Example sentences

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For years Tesla refused to make public it's sales numbers, after going public it's reluctantly doing so.

2

Despite that it reluctantly turned over its data, every news outlet portrayed it as a victory.

3

I barely and reluctantly trust Google/FB/Twitter enough to use them for identity services across multiple sites, just because the alternative is so painful that I have to.

4

When developers balked at that idea Apple reluctantly laid out plans for native applications.

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With Linode I reluctantly use them, but for new projects I'm using other services that work better.

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I would potentially reluctantly agree, iff the throttling was only during peak hours and when things were actually overloaded.

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If that fails, you'd probably reluctantly sever your relationship with the restaurant.

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The point was VG forced much of the industry to at least try to offer lower cost index funds, and others have reluctantly followed.

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A bit too manual on the app side, though, so I reluctantly went back to a more full desktop environment.

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I went from reluctantly heating up stir-fry to eat on the couch to enthusiastically preparing fresh food, sit-down family dinners.

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Artificial neural networks do not teach us about biological neural networks, or 'Neuronal Networks', a term reluctantly used by a close neuroscientist for contradistinction.

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I reluctantly replaced about half of my meals with Soylent while stateside for a few months recently on a visit.

Quote examples

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Do I really want to claim "honey I will do the dishes" and do them reluctantly only because I claimed that publicly?

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But in this case, Group A's bank had changed ownership of the stock with another bank "behind the scenes", which caused a Delaware judge to reluctantly rule Group A's appraisal rights void.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use reluctantly in a sentence?

For years Tesla refused to make public it's sales numbers, after going public it's reluctantly doing so.

What does reluctantly mean?

In a reluctant or hesitant manner.

What part of speech is reluctantly?

reluctantly is commonly used as adverb.