Definizione monolingua

reluctant

reluctant (comparative more reluctant, superlative most reluctant)

1. (now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.108:

     There, breathless, with his digging nails he clung / Fast to the sand, lest the returning wave, / From whose reluctant roar his life he wrung, / Should suck him back to her insatiate grave [...].

   • 2008, Kern Alexander et al., The World Trade Organization and Trade in Services, p. 222:

     They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines [...].

2. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling, hesitant; uncertain.

   She was reluctant to lend him the money

Definizione dizionario reluctant

	riluttante
	not wanting to take some action
	Lacking desire or willingness.

	restio
	Chi fa qualcosa malvolentieri o chi è contrario a fare qualcosa.

ritroso

Altri significati:

(now rare) Opposing; offering resistance (to).

Not wanting to take some action; unwilling, hesitant; uncertain.