halting
- adjective
- /ˈhɔltɪŋ/
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- However, if a child is a halting or tenuous reader, simply encouraging him to read silently to himself will not make him a better reader.
They don't give a damn if you are halting or if you are nervous.
- They don't give a damn if you are halting or if you are nervous.
- Even though it wasn't spoken in one breath, it was spoken in very halting little bits.
- However, if a child is a halting or tenuous reader, simply encouraging him to read silently to himself will not make him a better reader.
Examples
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And Sullivan said people seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
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His halting speech made it clear that he was nervous during the presentation.
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Even though it wasn't spoken in one breath, it was spoken in very halting little bits.
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And then a very halting, like, Generation Z, Nah, can't, can't handle that.
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She took a deep breath before giving her halting response to the difficult question.
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After years of practice, he finally spoke with confidence, no longer halting between words.
Synonyms
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Slow to act or speak because you feel unsure
Not firm in what someone says and does
Speaking with short, broken pauses because of nervousness
Hesitating and unsure about a decision or action
Antonyms
How Hesitant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Halting comes from the verb halt, which means 'to stop' and once also described 'limping', so a halting voice or movement is one that stops and starts, making it slow and unsure.