hesitatingly

Examples

• All

• Not that I didn't like it, I replied somewhat hesitatingly, but somehow it didn't sit well with me.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Finally, the professor shot his hand forward, and Boge shook it hesitatingly.

  Fiction book (1991)

• " After all this time, prison has really gotten to him," he said hesitatingly.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "And with whom?" Gregorio stopped hesitatingly and put his hand to his chin.

  Fiction book (1993)

• These summer snows should last only a short time," responded the General hesitatingly.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Hesitatingly at first, but today with full commitment, they transformed from religious militants to religious peacemakers.

  Academic text (2007)

• Moving in front of it, walking hesitatingly backwards, was a young man in a white shirt and trousers, waving his arms, trying to stop the tank.

  Academic text (1995)

• Slowly, hesitatingly, he looked right at Rem and said something that chilled me to the deepest pit of my gut.

  Fiction book (1999)

• DE FLORES waits patiently as BEATRICE moves hesitatingly towards him along the battlements.

  Fiction book (1998)

• She answered the question hesitatingly, unsure of how to respond.

Synonyms

T

tentatively

vshesitatingly

30 5.1

In a way that shows hesitation or not being sure

expresses hesitation but focuses on action pause, not provisional status

H

hesitantly

vshesitatingly

14 3.2

In a slow, unsure way because of doubt

is the same in meaning but is the longer, less common adverb form

U

uncertainly

vshesitatingly

11 4.0

Act or speak in a way that shows you are not sure

shows visible hesitation or pausing rather than general lack of confidence

H

haltingly

vshesitatingly

3 7.4

In a slow, unsure way with pauses

shows hesitation generally rather than mainly expressed as pauses

D

diffidently

vshesitatingly

1 7.9

In a shy way that shows little confidence

expresses hesitation but not necessarily shyness or low assertiveness

F

falteringly

vshesitatingly

1 7.4

In a slow, unsure way that shows little confidence

shows hesitation without emphasising physical unsteadiness or trembling

U

unsurely

vshesitatingly

4.1

In a way that shows someone is not sure

shows hesitation in action rather than ongoing instability or unsteadiness

W

waveringly

vshesitatingly

7.5

With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt

indicates hesitation without implying shaky physical or emotional motion

Antonyms

C

confidently

36 2.9

In a way that shows a person is sure and not afraid

D

decisively

29 3.7

In a firm way that ends doubt and settles the matter

How Hesitant

reluctantly

80 3.7

tentatively

30 5.1

hesitatingly

1 6.1

promptly

98 2.1

unhesitantly

5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology