reluctant

(s) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
- a reluctant smile
- loath to admit a mistake
loath, loth,
(s) disinclined to become involved
- they were usually reluctant to socialize
- reluctant to help
(s) not eager
- foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways
- fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him

loath loth

reluctantly