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Meanings of great unwillingness in English

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Usage of great unwillingness in English
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With great unwillingness the captain of the guard of Thrieve did as he was bidden.
The Black Douglas
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With great unwillingness he yielded to his friend's request to have a consultation of physicians.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
3
I have great unwillingness to set out on this journey; I almost think it ominous; but
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott / From the Original Manuscript a...
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And by the help of much prejudice, and great unwillingness to yield, it might do so.
Evidences of Christianity
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He felt a great unwillingness to get up.
The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
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At length many of the men showed a great unwillingness to go below, and to turn into their hammocks.
Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midsh...
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With great unwillingness my father consented to come on shore with the rest of the crew in the last trip.
Twice Lost
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It was with great unwillingness, then, that they turned out when the bugle sounded, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
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The fact was that there was a great unwillingness to attend, and undergo the great labour and responsibility of hearing important cases.
Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C...
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A middle-aged visitor, noticing it as he entered the front door, remarked that he should feel a great unwillingness to pass that clock.
A Mortal Antipathy
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It appears that a German non-commissioned officer stated definitely that he "was acting under orders and executing them with great unwillingness."
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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Powhatan was presented with a basin, ewer, bed, bed-cover, and a scarlet cloak, but showed great unwillingness to kneel to receive the crown.
England in America, 1580-1652
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He entered upon this business with great unwillingness, as he was intimate with Bussi, who was accustomed to call him "father."
Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre — Volume 2
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Susan pretended great unwillingness; but her sister easily possessed herself of the copy, which, with great pathos of manner, she read to the company.
Be Courteous, or, Religion, the True Refiner
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I told her that duty called me to sea, and, though evidently with great unwillingness, she would not stop me in the path of duty.
Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days
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But all the same-greatunwillingness to search.
Marriage à la mode
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