Reluctantly and Willingly

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Reluctantly adverb - With reluctance.

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Willingly is an antonym for reluctantly.

Nearby Words: reluctant, reluctance

Willingly adverb - By choice or preference.

Usage example: I would not willingly eat liver, but sometimes I have no choice

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Reluctantly is an antonym for willingly in unwillingly topic.

Nearby Words: willing, willingness, willfully

The 'good' Fae don't listen because they're willingly or reluctantly bound to their old stories, of which the Fateless One is not a part.

Source: Video Game / Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Depending on how you acted around them, they'll either accept and not go, or refuse (willingly or reluctantly) and go anyway.

Source: You Can Turn Back
Very willingly in the case of Bill and more reluctantly in the case of Virginia, but ultimately true for her all the time too.

Source: Series / Masters of Sex

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