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unwillingly

adverb as in reluctantly

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The key difference between now and 2016, though, is that after the election, a majority of Republicans are still unwilling to accept the result.

The public has little use for a brand’s Twitter account if it’s unwilling to get down and dirty with the masses.

From Vox

The good news is that, given the record-breaking early turnout ahead of Election Day, a number of you were unwilling to accept no for an answer and successfully convinced people you care about to participate.

From Ozy

The Steelers are willing to evolve, but unwilling to budge from the foundation of their success.

I suspect most organizations are in bad shape, but unable or unwilling to face it.

Those of us who join the club of gun violence survivors do it unwillingly.

But the small boy who was unwillingly dawdling through a series of poses for it, to-day refused all bribes to be good.

I was at the front lines of this debate during much of my childhood, unwillingly.

And these arrivals are hardly poor Okies pushed back unwillingly; the Plains cities have become magnets for educated people.

But he thought of the possible danger to Maxgregor, and he was forced unwillingly to abandon his intention.

Clanricarde came in on protection, which was granted unwillingly, and surrendered Loughreagh as a material guarantee.

The girl gave way unwillingly, showed Mrs. Floyd into a small study looking on the front garden, and left her.

In the following year Loftus was translated to Dublin and forced to resign his deanery, which he did very unwillingly.

Let me go free, only give me my liberty, and the secret I have unwillingly discovered shall never pass my lips!

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unwillingly, such as: grudgingly, involuntarily, obstinately, protestingly, refractorily, and resentfully.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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