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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: , present participle of reluctari 'to fight against'

reluctant

 adjective
     
re‧luc‧tant
slow and unwilling:
She gave a reluctant smile.
reluctant to do something
Maddox was reluctant to talk about it.
—reluctantly adverb:
Reluctantly, he agreed.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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