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Unwillingly

Unwilling \Un*will"ing\, a. Not willing; loath; disinclined; reluctant; as, an unwilling servant.

And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, ``Keep your piece nine years.''
--Pope. [1913 Webster] -- Un*will"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*will"ing*ness, n.

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unwillingly

adv. In an unwilling or cooperate manner.

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unwillingly

adv. in an unwilling manner; "he had sinned against her unwillingly" [ant: willingly]

Usage examples of "unwillingly".

So the Baroness laid up treasures in heaven while Sabina unwillingly stored trouble on earth.

Chief Brehon but I appear unwillingly for I have no intention of bringing harm to my king.

He faced unwillingly the whole frightening extent of the plundering of the brewery and approved of the appointment of Margaret Morden as captain of the lifeboat to save the wreck.

Silence was still unwillingly impressed by the row of carved gemstones that buttoned the overgown to the waist, but other than that, the pilot could find little to recommend in it.

Adam remembered, unwillingly, the empty washroom on the plane, and thought of Poly drugged, gagged, dumped roughly onto a pile of luggage.

Vaura, not unwillingly, a sweet sense of being taken care of, a nameless feeling of passive languor, a sense of completeness pervaded her whole being, as Lionel, putting her hand through his arm and for a moment holding it there in a protecting sort of way, led her through long corridors until they reached the luxurious boudoir of their hostess, where, seating Vaura in a lounging chair, the perfection of comfort, and placing a soft foot-stool for her dainty slippered feet, he quietly seated himself near her.

Madame de Guimenee with pleasure, much of her joy seemed to be owing to the opportunity which it afforded her of promoting the new duchess to the vacant place, while Madame de Polignac had even the address to persuade her that she accepted the post unwillingly, and, in undertaking it, was making a sacrifice to loyalty and friendship.

Lincoln, in thus having the heavy responsibility of Army-control, long unwillingly exercised by him, taken from his own shoulders and placed upon those of the one great soldier in whom he had learned to have implicit faith,--a faith earned by steady and unvaryingly successful achievements in the Field--must have been most grateful.

Forced to curtail some of his more obviously sinister activities for the time, Par-Chavorlem had unwillingly given more freedom to the bipeds who worked in the City.

On all the doorsteps Bat little girls, themselves only just out of infancy, nursing or neglecting bald, red-eyed, doughy-limbed abortions in every stage of babyhood, hapless spawn of diseased humanity, born to embitter and brutalise yet further the lot of those who unwillingly gave them life.

As they were speaking Mr Harding still held her hand, but Griselda left it with him unwillingly, and therefore ungraciously, looking as though she were dragging it from him.

And at this moment there was a tremendous peal of thunder, while the livid lightning illumined the room, and the thunder, rolling away in the distance, seemed to withdraw unwillingly from the cursed abode.

And she kept unwillingly thinking about Trev, which was no help either.

Damia heard the accusation in his tone, unwillingly offered to stop but Amr thrust himself deeper in her, thrust his tongue into her mouth, crying: No!

The boy sighed deeply, and, bestowing an ardent gaze upon its plumpness, unwillingly consigned it to his master.