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falteringly

ADVERB
hesitantly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


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Didi falteringly answers, “Tell him . . . tell him you saw us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025

Morris replies, falteringly, “I think that Jeffrey’s account is suspect. It really seems internally inconsistent and not entirely believable. Do I believe that means there were no intruders in the house? Maybe.”

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020

He coordinated Ali’s poignant appearance at the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Games in Atlanta in 1996, when Ali falteringly lifted a torch to light the Olympic flame.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2016

Gradually, as we work through the central gallery, we see them haltingly, falteringly applied, affecting the enslaved communities at Monticello.

From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2012

That night Emmy Lou asked Papa a question a little falteringly: "Are you a Bohemian?"

From Emmy Lou's Road to Grace Being a Little Pilgrim's Progress by George Madden Martin




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