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unwillingly

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un·will·ing

   [uhn-wil-ing]
adjective
1.
not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
2.
opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate; refractory: an unwilling captive.
Origin:
before 900; Old English unwillende (not recorded in ME); see un-1, willing

Related forms
un·will·ing·ly, adverb
un·will·ing·ness, noun
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unwilling (ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ)
 
—adj
1.  unfavourably inclined; reluctant
2.  performed, given, or said with reluctance
 
un'willingly
 
—adv
 
un'willingness
 
—n

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unwilling
O.E. unwillende, from un- (1) "not" + willing. Re-formed 16c.
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