Unwillingly Synonyms and Antonyms

In an unwilling manner
(Adverb)
Antonyms:
  1. willingly
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. grudgingly
  2. resentfully
  3. involuntarily
  4. protestingly
  5. sulkily
  6. objecting
  7. protesting
  8. complaining
  9. fighting back
  10. under protest
  11. without enthusiasm
  12. with reservations
  13. with objections
  14. with complaints
  15. with animadversions
  16. with the worst will in the world
  17. kicking and squalling

Unwillingly Sentence Examples

  • In 1303 the pope unwillingly ratified the treaty.

  • The god, who had sworn to refuse Semele nothing, unwillingly consented.

  • Philip was summoned in 1548 to Flanders, where he went unwillingly, and was ill regarded.

  • However unwillingly, `Isa was obliged at last to yield, but it was understood that, in case of Mahommed's death, the succession should return to `Isa.

  • Meanwhile the Jesuit property in the Peninsula had been turned over to Franciscan monks, but in 1772 the Dominicans took over the missions, and the Franciscans not unwillingly withdrew to Upper California, where they were to thrive remarkably for some fifty years.

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