kénytelen-kelletlen

Hungarian

Etymology

kénytelen (“obliged”) +‎ kelletlen (“unwilling, reluctant”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkeːɲtɛlɛŋkɛlːɛtlɛn]
Hyphenation: kény‧te‧len-‧kel‧let‧len
Rhymes: -ɛn

Adverb

kénytelen-kelletlen

willy-nilly, reluctantly, grudgingly

Further reading

kénytelen-kelletlen in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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