Read this sentence from Passage 2, Paragraph 6.

Question

Patty and Candace thought he was perfect, and their father reluctantly agreed.



The word reluctant comes from the Latin reluctāns, (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”). Based on this information, what does reluctantly mean as it is used in the paragraph?


to do something in an unwilling way


to do something in an excited way


to do something in a forceful way


to do something in a very slow way

Answer 1

to do something in an unwilling way