Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with reluctant in British Collocation
reluctant
adjective
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
UK
/rɪˈlʌktənt/
very or rather
extremely
increasingly
somewhat
very
The police were extremely reluctant to take action.
at first
initially
Although we were initially reluctant to go to the street party, it turned out to be great fun.
when it is not surprising
understandably
Prison medical staff are understandably reluctant to prescribe these kinds of drugs too freely.
when it is surprising
strangely
Dr Fleming seemed strangely reluctant to discuss his research.