Hard
Hard adverb - With great effort or determination.
Reluctantly and hard are semantically related. in with resentment topic. In some cases you can use "Reluctantly" instead an adverb "Hard".
Reluctantly
Reluctantly adverb - With reluctance.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Reluctantly
Hard and reluctantly are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Hard" with "Reluctantly", this adverbs are similar.
Nearby Words: reluctant, reluctance
Both words in one sentence
-
He'll behave himself (however reluctantly) at her request, because by his own admission he has a hard time refusing her anything.
Source: Western Animation / Beetlejuice - Negi reluctantly does so, and after a dramatic Smoke Shield moment, Jack coughs up a bunch of blood and smacks Negi into the stratosphere for hitting too hard.
Source: Hit Me, Dammit! -
Asada, however, lacks any faith or investment in the Japanese university medical system and only reluctantly agrees to work for Kato.Kato is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Source: Manga / Team Medical Dragon
Cite this Source
Reluctantly and Hard. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/reluctantly
Hard & Reluctantly. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/reluctantly>.
Reluctantly or Hard. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard/reluctantly.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "hard" and "reluctantly" have occurred on timeline