Definitions for Unwillingly
un·will·ing·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwillinglyadverb

   in an unwilling manner

   "he had sinned against her unwillingly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwillinglyadverb

   In an unwilling or uncooperative manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwillinglyadverb

   Not with good-will; not without loathness.

   The whining school-boy, with his satchel,
   And shining morning face, creeping like snail
   Unwilling to school. William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

   A feast the people hold to Dagon, and forbid
   Laborious works, unwillingly this rest
   Their superstition yields. John Milton, Agonistes.

   Still dismay’d
   By seas or skies, unwillingly they stay’d. John Denham.

   These men were once the prince’s foes, and then
   Unwillingly they made him great: but now,
   Being his friends, shall willingly undo him. John Denham.

   The dire contagion spreads so fast,
   That where it seizes, all relief is vain;
   And therefore must unwillingly lay waste
   That country, which would else the foe maintain. Dryden.

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1. unwillingly

   Unwillingly refers to doing something without one's own desire, consent, or enthusiasm. It is performed under compulsion or obligation, or against one's own will or preference.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unwillingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Unwillingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Unwillingly in a Sentence

1. Elizabeth Bowen:

   The heart may think it knows better the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

2. John Danian:

   We do have hope he’s alive because there hasn’t been any evidence to prove otherwise, it’s possible that he wanted to go off the grid and he’s in a manic state, it’s possible that he was unwillingly kidnapped. It’s possible that he drowned. If somebody said to you, your child probably died, would you just accept that and move on? That’s not something we can do.

3. Elizabeth Bowen:

   The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

4. Von Essen:

   I think about it, unwillingly, every day. It just pops into my head, the activity of that day was so incomprehensible that you just go through it doing the best you can, trying to make sense out of it.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Unwillingly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unwillingly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Unwillingly
4. ^ ChatGPT
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