reluctant (adj.)

unwilling

Examples

• She was reluctant to speak.

Key rules

• Reluctant means unwilling to do something
• Reluctant to + verb: reluctant to speak
• Reluctance is the noun

Common mistakes

• She was reluctance to speak → She was reluctant to speak
• He was reluctant of leaving → He was reluctant to leave

Use cases

• Describing hesitation
• Talking about decisions
• Describing feelings about change