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# unwillingly

«unwillingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **not wanting to do something, so doing it slowly and with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (unwillingly)

### meaning for a pupil

Unwillingly means not wanting to do something, so doing it slowly and with reluctance, as if against your will. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character sets out or agrees to something with a sigh, not with joy; the tale shows how they feel by how they act

### examples

- But let us be quick," and rather unwillingly the donkey set out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#x1)
- Very unwillingly the jackal held the rope, while the hedgehog walked slowly round the greyhound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unwillingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unwillingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.