- 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
A biographer records her death from smallpox when twenty-five years old, "to the unspeakable reluctancy of her relatives."
From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters
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
Hiding his reluctancy, Cooper left his seat and advanced toward the doorway.
From The Substitute Prisoner by Max Marcin
The water-lily closes, but With wonderful reluctancy; As if it troubled her to shut Her door of welcome to the bee.
From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa
