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What is the adjective for reluctantly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs reluct and reluctate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

reluctant
  1. (now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).
  2. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. disinclined, indisposed, loath, unwilling, averse, slow, hesitant, reticent, discouraged, squeamish, uneager, wary, against, cautious, disheartened, hesitating, loth, queasy, afraid, calculating, chary, remiss, chary of, afraid to, bashful about, hesitant about, coy about, opposed to, shy about, diffident about, ashamed to, not in favour of, not in the mood, hanging back, opposed, resistant, hostile, cagey, antagonistic, cagy, unenthusiastic, backward, dubious, unprepared, uninclined, antipathetic, inimical, scared, ill-disposed, shy of … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Anyone who has had a bad experience will be reluctant to return.”
      “The answer did not fully satisfy the young woman, but she nodded in reluctant acceptance.”
      “Sue gave Hansel a reluctant smile as he waved at her.”
relucted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of reluct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sickened, disgusted, revolted, nauseated, repelled, repulsed, offended, upset, shocked, appalled, disordered, unhinged, unsettled, deranged, affected, afflicted, turned, turned off, put off, grossed out, turned stomach, made sick, made someone want to throw up, made someone feel nauseous, made your gorge rise, horrified, made shudder, put you off, made someone feel sick, disturbed, bothered, pained, made you shudder, caused offence to, made you sick, given you the creeps, made one's flesh creep, gave you the creeps, made flesh crawl, grossed you out, made you feel sick, turned you off, gave someone the heebie-jeebies, given someone the heebie-jeebies, gave someone the creeps, given someone the creeps, outraged, scandalized, scandalised, dismayed … more
relucting
  1. present participle of reluct
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sickening, disgusting, revolting, nauseating, repelling, repulsing, offending, upsetting, shocking, appalling, disordering, unhinging, unsettling, deranging, affecting, afflicting, turning, turning off, putting off, grossing out, turning stomach, making sick, making someone want to throw up, making someone feel nauseous, making your gorge rise, horrifying, making shudder, making someone feel sick, giving you the creeps, bothering, disturbing, paining, causing offence to, making one's flesh creep, making flesh crawl, grossing you out, putting you off, giving someone the creeps, making you sick, giving someone the heebie-jeebies, making you feel sick, turning you off, making you shudder, outraging, scandalizing, scandalising, filling with loathing, causing to feel nauseous, displeasing, discomposing … more
reluctated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of reluctate
reluctating
  1. present participle of reluctate
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