hesitatingly

English

Etymology

From hesitating +‎ -ly.

Adverb

hesitatingly (comparative more hesitatingly, superlative most hesitatingly)

  1. In a hesitating manner.
    • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 149:
      “’E’s awful bad, sir," said the voice, hesitatingly.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 66:
      As he passed the drawing-room door he heard Ethel say hesitatingly: "I - I heard you singing from the verandah."

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