adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
grudging/reluctant admiration (= unwilling admiration )
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There was grudging admiration in his voice.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
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The state was as reluctant to intervene in the housing market, despite its manifest deficiencies.
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Consumers are proving to be as reluctant to bite after Christmas as they were before.
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Philip was as reluctant as Henry, but the two Kings were now swept along by the tide of public opinion.
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He was as reluctant as anyone I ever had to learn the change-up.
extremely
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Committee members who were responsible for setting Glenand up to promote jobs were extremely reluctant to make people redundant.
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But both are extremely reluctant lovers.
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So far environmental lobbies have been extremely reluctant to allow radioactive materials to be flown in a chemical rocket.
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Many of the Volunteers, however, were extremely reluctant to treat their students in this way.
more
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Daily the heat grew and daily she felt more and more reluctant to leave here.
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But Vargas said the strengthened designation might make a judge more reluctant to order the cross razed.
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A similar number said a further increase in court fees would make them more reluctant to litigate.
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Sometimes they are keen to have media help in solving a crime, other times they are more reluctant .
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But where Ministerial powers are drawn more broadly, the courts are much more reluctant to intervene.
often
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No wonder our passengers are often reluctant to mix business with pleasure.
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Nonspecialists are often reluctant to diagnose depression, which can produce symptoms ranging from insomnia to pelvic pain, Thompson says.
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Long-sighted children are often reluctant to do much reading and writing and may also suffer from headaches.
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Parents are often reluctant to send out announcements of the birth or even to name the baby.
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Feminist psychologists are often reluctant to call on psychoanalysis.
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Reporters are often reluctant to examine substantive issues.
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Children are often reluctant to express their ideas for fear of being wrong.
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During the 1970s intelligence organisations were often reluctant to share information from their best informants.
so
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That explains why the firm has been so reluctant to shed its pots and pans.
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And why are we so reluctant to part with each?
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It is difficult to understand why the Bomber Staff was so reluctant to even consider the Ministerial direction.
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She wasn't even sure why she'd been so reluctant to come into contact with him.
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The reason she'd been so reluctant for Alexander Vass to leave had had nothing to do with the man himself.
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It was probably because she was always so reluctant to let him make love to her, she decided.
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Why are you so reluctant to look back at your very early Crucifixions?
still
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Edward, however, was still reluctant to commit himself wholeheartedly to Balliol's cause.
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Members of the family are still reluctant to reveal the full horrors they endured in their homeland.
understandably
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In integrated settings, children are sometimes understandably reluctant to use aids which are unsightly or cumbersome.
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They are understandably reluctant to give up their exciting careers.
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However, we are understandably reluctant to raise this with the creditor organisations.
very
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She was very reluctant to take part in any way.
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But Western culture was very reluctant to authenticate reports of meteorite falls.
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I am very reluctant to go so far when we - or rather you - could be so near a better resolution.
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This is what I think -- that one or two inspectors were very reluctant to issue permits.
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Anybody who's actually been in a war is very reluctant to see other people stumbling into an unnecessary one.
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So their next option is to borrow internationally, which they are very reluctant to do.
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But she was very reluctant to give it up and there is a precedent.
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But they were very reluctant to attend antenatal classes and so this club had been set up in response to this.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Becoming a donor is a simple process, but many people remain reluctant .
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He seemed somewhat reluctant to explain, but finally did so.
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Some of the older staff were reluctant to use the new equipment.
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Stores have cut prices to attract reluctant shoppers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anybody who's actually been in a war is very reluctant to see other people stumbling into an unnecessary one.
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But Western culture was very reluctant to authenticate reports of meteorite falls.
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However many couples who have been unable to have children, are, understandably, reluctant to adopt mentally handicapped children.
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In any case many rulers were for long reluctant to send ambassadors to foreign capitals if a lower-ranking representative would suffice.
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In any case, lawyers are typically reluctant to take on such cases because they are time-consuming and difficult.
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In exchange modern man gives his external achievement and his reluctant faithfulness.
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The authorities have been reluctant to crack down on pachinko for other reasons as well.