Synonyms for unwillingly
un·will·ing·ly

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1. unwillinglyadverb

   in an unwilling manner

   "he had sinned against her unwillingly"

   Antonyms:
   willingly, volitionally

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwillingly":

   reluctantly, involuntarily, unintentionally, unwittingly

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1. Samuel Johnson:

   To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

2. Marcus Aurelius:

   In the morning, when you rise unwillingly, let this thought be present: I am rising to the work of a human being.

3. Elizabeth Bowen:

   The heart may think it knows better the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

4. John Danian:

   We do have hope he’s alive because there hasn’t been any evidence to prove otherwise, it’s possible that he wanted to go off the grid and he’s in a manic state, it’s possible that he was unwillingly kidnapped. It’s possible that he drowned. If somebody said to you, your child probably died, would you just accept that and move on? That’s not something we can do.

5. Elizabeth Bowen:

   The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.