Hardly and Reluctantly

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Hardly adverb - In a manner so as to cause loss or suffering.

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Reluctantly and hardly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reluctantly" instead an adverb "Hardly".

Nearby Word: hard

Reluctantly adverb - With reluctance.

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Hardly and reluctantly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Reluctantly".

Nearby Words: reluctant, reluctance

Hardly enthused about being a type of mortician, Daigo reluctantly becomes an assistant, an especially undesirable job due to the lingering association of such work with the Untouchable or Burakumin caste in Edo-era/pre-1868 Japan.

Source: Film / Departures

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