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Q&A Saying something reluctantly dialogue tag or 'said' synonym?

For example, I'm rewriting a sex scene and my current dialogue and subsequent dialogue tag is: Almost reluctantly, he said, “Okay, I'll pull out now.” "Hinted" is a bit too straightforward, a...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Margaret Belt‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:45:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/44776
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Margaret Belt‭ · 2019-12-08T11:45:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
For example, I'm rewriting a sex scene and my current dialogue and subsequent dialogue tag is:

> Almost reluctantly, he said, “Okay, I'll pull out now.”

**"Hinted"** is a bit too straightforward, and I was hoping to find a similar word that is a tad more subtle.

I also don't want to keep the modification of said. It's a personal preference in my writing style not to do that.

Also, I don't think body language would help here and I don't want to omit a tag, as it's very important to the scene for the reader to know he doesn't want to do that.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-04-25T01:42:03Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 1