Meaning & use
Haltingly
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In a hesitant, faltering manner, with frequent pauses or interruptions.
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The nervous witness spoke haltingly as she described the accident.
He read the foreign phrase haltingly, sounding out each unfamiliar syllable.
A note on using this word
The adverb derives from "halting," meaning limping or stopping repeatedly, extended metaphorically to hesitant speech or movement.
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hesitantlyfalteringly
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