unwillingly
Not by choice
Unwillingly means without wanting to, against one's wishes or preferences.
Someone who acts unwillingly does so under compulsion, obligation, or pressure rather than by choice: She unwillingly agreed to work the holiday shift.
The word suggests internal resistance even when external compliance occurs.
With reluctant compliance
- begrudginglyWith unwilling acceptance
- averseOpposed or unwilling
- disinclinedAverse to acting
- loathStrongly reluctant
unenthusiastic · halfheartedly · reticent · dragging · resigned · unhappy · resentfully · sullenly
Made to act
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
- strong-armedCoerced through force
intimidated · blackmailed · extorted · dragooned · bulldozed · shanghaied · overpowered · subjugated
In an opposing manner
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
- rebelliouslyIn a disobedient manner
recalcitrantly · contrarily · intransigently · noncompliant · disobediently · uncooperatively · mutinously · adversarially
Morally required to act
- beholdenOwing thanks or duty
- indebtedOwing thanks or money
- committedFirmly pledged or bound
- boundSecured or destined
pledged · required · mandated · necessitated · incumbent · liable · answerable · accountable
Without full commitment
- uncertainlyIn a doubtful way
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- waveringlyIn an unsteady manner
- haltinglyIn an unsteady manner
falteringly · indecisively · ambivalently · apprehensively · nervously · cautiously · skeptically · warily
grudgingly
With reluctant compliance
- begrudginglyWith unwilling acceptance
- averseOpposed or unwilling
- disinclinedAverse to acting
loath · unenthusiastic · halfheartedly · reticent · dragging · resigned · unhappy · resentfully · sullenly · sourly
compelled
Made to act
- forcedMade to occur unwillingly
- pressuredUrged with insistence
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
strong-armed · intimidated · blackmailed · extorted · dragooned · bulldozed · shanghaied · overpowered · subjugated · commandeered
resistantly
In an opposing manner
- stubbornlyWith inflexible determination
- obstinatelyIn an unyielding manner
- defiantlyIn open resistance
rebelliously · recalcitrantly · contrarily · intransigently · noncompliant · disobediently · uncooperatively · mutinously · adversarially · combatively
duty-bound
Morally required to act
bound · pledged · required · mandated · necessitated · incumbent · liable · answerable · accountable · honor-bound
tentatively
Without full commitment
- uncertainlyIn a doubtful way
- doubtfullyIn an unconvinced way
- waveringlyIn an unsteady manner
haltingly · falteringly · indecisively · ambivalently · apprehensively · nervously · cautiously · skeptically · warily · guardedly
- without intentunintentionally, inadvertently, accidentally, unwittingly, unconsciously
unwillinglywillingly
By free choice
voluntarily · freely · of one's own accord · by choice · of one's own free will