Synonyms:
loath, loth, reluctant
Meaning: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"
Usage examples
William was loth to give up his treasure.
Nothing loth, Ginger selected an ornate pyramid of icing.
And William had not been really loth to retire at once to bed.
Nothing loth, the "critter" came to a stand; Zeb, at the same time, flinging himself out of the saddle.
No, no; it's not my own work; but it's fine work of Maso of Brescia; I should be loth for it to cover the heart of a scoundrel.
Out of feast-time they are out of town, and during the festival they are loth to leave, or are so full of chicha they do not know what they want.
"My lord," he said at last, "I do know the road for which you ask, but your kindness and the friendship I have conceived for you make me loth to point it out."