as in involuntarily
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Recent Examples of unwillingly
Remember that the members of the military and the National Guard who will be asked to walk these streets are, for the most part, here unwillingly.
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USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Jake never did learn that Anna and Tess unwillingly switched bodies overnight.
—Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Jake never did learn that Anna and Tess unwillingly switched bodies overnight.
—Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwillingly
Adverb
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When the condition strikes, that signal is distorted, causing muscles to move involuntarily or get stuck in an abnormal position.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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TikTok itself has started hiring managers specifically to support news creators, while Remillard herself is part of a growing coterie of journalists who’ve gone independent — either by choice or involuntarily because of a layoff.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The young woman who knocked Mathias unconscious without laying a hand on him is Claude (Nadia Tereszkiewicz, of The Crime Is Mine), who came to the party reluctantly, the plus-one of her gallerist husband, Pierre (Jeremy Lewin).—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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However, a woman also dressed in Phillies gear, whose identity has not been verified by Newsweek, ran up to the father and son and demanded the baseball, which Drew reluctantly told Lincoln to give up to de-escalate the situation.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unwillingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwillingly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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