"unwillingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ʌnˈwɪlɪŋli/
Etymology: un- + willing + -ly unwilling + willingly Etymology templates: {{ety-affix|un|willing|ly}} un- + willing + -ly unwilling + willingly
  1. Doing something unwillingly is doing something because you have to even though you don't want to.
    Sense id: simple-unwillingly-en-adv-AXog8Oru
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with un-, Terms suffixed with -ly
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