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Meanings of loath in English

(Usually followed by `to') strongly opposed.

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Usage of loath in English
1
Analysts say the army is loath to step into the political fray.
The Irish Times
2
William knows he ought to go home, but he's loath to leave.
The Guardian
3
The heart cries out fiercely for its recompense; is loath to wait.
Beulah
4
Instantly, nothing loath, he found himself in the midst of the fighting.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales : A Story of Roman Britain
5
It fights a titanic struggle, for winter is loath to let go.
The Guardian
6
The hedgehog being lazy and loath to move-laydead-simmering in his fat.
The Lady of Big Shanty
7
Mahony was loath to damp her pleasure straightway; he bided his time.
Australia Felix
8
Nothing loath, the overdressed boy opened the bag and displayed his plunder.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The...
9
The people are loath to kill them-donot kill them, in fact.
The Innocents Abroad
10
When West walks into a room, half the occupants already loath him.
The Irish Times
11
Even after these many years, the king was loath to do so.
Worldwinder
12
Edenists were loath to use nanonic-supplement boosting unless there was no alternative.
The Reality Dysfunction
13
These people were loath to bear them in opposition to our rights.
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present
14
She was loath to have me away from her in this ordeal.
Children of the Market Place
15
Then releasing him he said to the others who were nothing loath:
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
16
Lois was nothing loath, and in a clear, well-modulated voice she began:
Under Sealed Orders
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