stutteringly
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7.1
- adverb
- /ˈstʌtərɪŋli/
- She spoke so stutteringly during her presentation that it was hard to understand her.
Examples
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The child answered the question stutteringly, pausing frequently to gather his thoughts.
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He carries his large, stutteringly movie-star-like head at an angle.
Fiction book (1991) -
Murad Badshah, the partner in crime: remorselessly large, staggeringly, stutteringly eloquent.
Fiction book (2000) -
Down Connecticut Avenue, the automatic transmission set in drive position unswervingly, and through each wait for a light, her left foot riding the power brake constantly so that her brake lights flashed, blinking strangely, stutteringly, as though shorting out.
Fiction book (1991) -
He delivered his speech stutteringly, struggling to find the right words at times.
Synonyms
10
3.2
In a slow, unsure way because of doubt
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7.4
In a slow, unsure way with pauses
1
6.1
In a slow, unsure way that shows doubt
1
4.9
In a way that is not smooth when speaking, with pauses and emotion
1
7.4
In a slow, unsure way that shows little confidence
1
7.0
Move or speak in an awkward, unsteady way as if about to fall
1
6.7
In a clumsy, hesitant way when someone moves or speaks
1
7.5
With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt
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6.4
To move or sound in short sudden ways that are not smooth
Antonyms
How Hesitant
Surface Forms
Morphology
stutteringly = stuttering (transparent) = stutter + ing + ly
Formed by adding -ly to 'stuttering' (itself from 'stutter'), producing an adverb meaning 'in a stuttering way', which is directly inferable from the base.
Etymology
Stutteringly comes from the simple verb stutter, a word made to sound like someone 'stopping and starting' when they speak, like a voice that keeps catching. So stutteringly means doing or saying something in an unsure, broken way with repeated pauses.