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Definitions for unwillingly
un·will·ing·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
unwillinglyadverb
in an unwilling manner
"he had sinned against her unwillingly"
Wiktionary
unwillinglyadverb
In an unwilling or uncooperative manner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unwillingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unwillingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of unwillingly in a Sentence
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.
I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them.
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.
To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
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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