unreluctantadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈlʌkt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈləkt(ə)nt/ Not reluctant; ungrudging; willing, ready.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective]
freeeOE
well-willingOE
readyc1175
fainc1275
buxoma1300
prestc1300
liefc1325
rifec1390
willyc1390
baina1400
willinga1400
listyc1440
towardc1440
appliable1449
pronea1450
wilfulc1460
prompt?a1475
content1477
towardly1513
contenteda1525
towards1525
fond1529
comingc1576
unrefusinga1586
open-armed1594
voluntary1598
gainsome1629
easy1653
unreluctant1654
nothing loath1667
applicable1702
irreluctanta1706
unhesitating1753
unloath1861
prone-minded1869
1654 J. Hall Of Govt. & Obed. iv. 497 Obedience which must unavoidably be given, will ever..be more ready, free, and unreluctant, then that which may have hopes of avoidance.
1737 R. Glover Leonidas i. 233 Death receive My unreluctant hand, and lead me on.
1774 Trinket 188 The consent is..granted with an unreluctant frankness.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to Liberty xi, in Prometheus Unbound 215 The eager hours and unreluctant years.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity I. iii. iii. 316 An orthodox empire would not repose in unreluctant submission under an Arian.
1910 R. Brooke in Cambr. Rev. 32 181/1 We shall go down with unreluctant tread Rose-crowned into the darkness!
1967 Texas Stud. Lit. & Lang. 9 95 In this cold-blooded maneuvering to secure a place in the sun for Mrs. Lewis, Poe was an unreluctant collaborator.
2006 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Sept. (Work section) 4 Your staff are entitled to good and unreluctant leadership. You mustn't let personal pride deprive them of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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