- a variation of reluctance.
reluctancy
Example Sentences
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“There seems to have been some reluctancy in a lot of citizens to be vaccinated,” the Pasco mayor said in that story.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
For a moment the Sparrow hesitated; and then, with a sort of queer reluctancy, he dropped the knife on the table, and went and picked up the strands of cord from the floor.
From The White Moll by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
Often, as the long vacation of her third year at Caen approached, she caught herself musing on the probability of her recall to England with a reluctancy full of doubts and fears.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
And yet a curious reluctancy, a hesitation inexplicable—unless overwork explained it—had come over him when Siward had proposed their dining together on the very eve of his completed victory over Quarrier.
From The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
I confess I have never observed such reluctancy in persons of your kidney before.
From The Wayfarers by J. C. Snaith
