reluctantly

1. 1.

   with reluctance

Questions about reluctantly

What does reluctantly mean?

reluctantly means "with reluctance".

How many syllables are in reluctantly?

reluctantly has 4 syllables: re-luc-tant-ly. The stress falls on "luc". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/.

Is reluctantly a common word?

reluctantly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.