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Another word for halting

Adjective

  1. Given to or exhibiting hesitation

    2. See also:

    decide

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Another word for halting

Modifier
    2. See also:

    slow

    doubtful

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Sentence Examples

  • Burgess stepped back, holding up his hand in a halting motion.

  • In the middle of a dull and halting conversation, Helene turned to Pierre with the beautiful bright smile that she gave to everyone.

  • Once on the street, Dean put up a halting hand.

  • They had come by easy stages, their knapsacks conveyed on carts, and the Austrian authorities had provided excellent dinners for the officers at every halting place.

  • Halting just short of this analysis, the Assyrian ascribed syllabic values to the characters of his script, and hence, instead of finding twenty odd characters sufficient, he required about five hundred.

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