unwillingly; usually expressed in English through verb phrases such as "doesn't like", "don't want", etc.
köken: un- + gern
🔊 Er trinkt ungern Alkohol.
reluctantly; unwillingly
eş: à reculons, à son corps défendant
köken: See à, contre, and cœur for the etymologies of the individual words. The adverbial phrase derives from the phrase qui va contre le cœur, meaning “which goes against the heart”, where heart is used figuratively to mean “one’s preferences”.
fiercely; giving no quarter
unwillingly, reluctantly, grudgingly, petulantly
eş: svogliatamente, malvolentieri
unwillingly, reluctantly, loathly · lovelessly
eş: istəmədən, həvəssiz
zıt: könüllü
köken: From könül + -süz.
against the grain; unwillingly; reluctantly
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of άθελος (áthelos)
zıt: επίτηδες
🔊 Η Γιασμίν με πλήγωσε άθελά της.
reluctantly, ungladly, not with pleasure
zıt: gärna
köken: From o- + gärna.
unwillingly, reluctantly · aversely
eş: nieżyczliwie, nieprzyjaźnie
zıt: chętnie
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Polish chęć Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish chętny Polish niechętny Proto-Slavic *-e Old Polish -ie Polish -ie Polish niechętnie From niechętny + -ie.
neuter nominative/accusative singular of неохо́чий (neoxóčyj)
köken: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
grudgingly, reluctantly
köken: vastahakoinen (“grudging”) + -sti (“-ly”)
hesitantly
köken: From váhavý + -ě.
against one's will
köken: Etymology tree Esperanto kontraŭ Esperanto volo Esperanto -e Esperanto kontraŭvole From kontraŭ + volo + -e.