- 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
He went through these more sublime studies with extraordinary success, and proceeded doctor of divinity with uncommon applause, though his modesty gave him a reluctancy in that honor.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
The mind grows fond of those actions it is accustomed to, and is drawn with reluctancy from those paths in which it has been used to walk.
From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by John Hamilton Moore
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
