half-reluctant

Bewildered and wary, Yves tensed at the very touch of Cadfael's hands on his shoulders, but as suddenly melted, and inclined a flushed and still half-reluctant cheek for the kiss, quivering.

A River So Long 2010

Many saw him go with some half-reluctant sympathy.

His Disposition 2010

Simon felt a sort of half-reluctant liking for the dark-haired Shadowhunter boy.

City of Glass Cassandra Clare 2009

Simon felt a sort of half-reluctant liking for the dark-haired Shadowhunter boy.

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series Cassandra Clare 2009

He was about to leave the garden, followed by Roland, with half-reluctant steps.

The Abbot 2008

Barbox Brothers, still in a half-reluctant shamefaced way, “that she never sits up.”

Mugby Junction 2007

Barbox Brothers, still in a half-reluctant shamefaced way, “that she never sits up.”

Mugby Junction 2007

I kissed her half-reluctant lips, and for three years of my life thereafter — nay!

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

For a while I went on working, and then almost apathetically, in a mood of half-reluctant curiosity, I started for Lowchester.

In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006

He gave that answer in low, altered tones; and rose from his chair in a half-reluctant, half-resigned manner, which Magdalen observed with secret alarm.

No Name 2003