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Meanings of loth in английском

(Usually followed by `to') strongly opposed.

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Unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom.

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Usage of loth in английском
1
Steel was nothing loth to find himself in the fresh air again.
The Crimson Blind
2
Sinti in public positions are still loth to admit to their ethnicity.
The Guardian
3
No fear of that.' Lionel was loth to put his playmate down.
Another part of the wood
4
But no one was in sight, and he was loth to move.
The Valley of the Kings
5
The miners seemed loth to eat, being excited by the gold nuggets.
Merton of the Movies
6
Moreover, he was loth to be thus disturbed in his sombre reverie.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
7
They are loth to leave it, and would ever enter it again.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
8
And then I very little marvel that they are loth to die.
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation / With Modifications To ...
9
I am loth to put you away, but it rests with yourself.
Carette of Sark
10
As a rule men are loth to send their fathers to death.
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
11
Hubert, nothing loth, told the story with which our readers are acquainted.
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
12
Upon my word, I am loth to kill so fair a fool.
Dead Man's Rock
13
Our adieux paid to Captain Boyton, no one seems loth to land.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
14
He was loth to allow Lady Merton to enter, but Elizabeth persisted.
Lady Merton, Colonist
15
The approach of Christmas finds one loth to leave one's usual haunts.
A Christmas Garland
16
Mr Greenleaf, nothing loth, sat down and drew Marian to his knee.
Janet's Love and Service
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