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unˈwillingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. Contrary to one's will; against one's wish or desire; reluctantly.
In frequent use from c 1550.
a1533Frith Disput. Purgat. Wks. (1572) 19/2 If thou do it for feare or vnwillyngly. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. i. (Arb.) 43 What soeuer the mynde doth learne vnwillinglie with feare. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1702) I. 5 The late abuse having..driven his Majesty unwillingly out of that course. 1667Lilly Hist. Life & Times (1715) 88 A new Parliament was called, whereunto I was unwillingly invited by two Messengers. a1715Burnet Own Time (1897) I. ii. 42 They very unwillingly hearkened to that proposition. 1797S. & Ht. Lee Canterb. T. (1799) I. 141 Not unwillingly, [he] resigned his place to some ladies. 1818Scott Br. Lamm. ix, His was a mind unwillingly roused from contemplative inactivity. 1848Dickens Dombey ii, [He] departed by no means unwillingly. 1883R. Broughton Belinda iii. ix, She has withdrawn her unwillingly-captured hand.
transf.a1713in Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. (1887) I. 83 In this cold climate where the sun appears Unwillingly.
b. In loose construction.
a1586Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 51 Though a man should graunt their first assumption, it should followe (me thinkes) very unwillingly, that good is not good, because better is better. 1665J. Webb Stone-Heng (1725) 140 The Design of which..follows, the narrowness of the Plate unwillingly depriving you of two of the Entrances at the Trench. 1671Milton Samson 14 This day a solemn Feast the people hold,..unwillingly this rest Thir Superstition yields me.
†2. Involuntarily; unintentionally. Obs.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, ii. i. 55 If I vnwillingly, or in my rage, Haue ought committed that is hardly borne. 1644Nye Gunnery (1670) 2 A Monk did unwillingly let fall a spark of fire upon Brimstone and Saltpeter. 1660Coke Power & Subj. 152 If a man slea another not lurking.., or unwillingly, or of necessity. |