hesitatingly en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English hesitating Middle English -ly English -ly English hesitatingly From hesitating + -ly.
Meanings
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In a hesitating manner.
As he passed the drawing-room door he heard Ethel say hesitatingly: "I - I heard you singing from the verandah."
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 66:“’E’s awful bad, sir," said the voice, hesitatingly.
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 149:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more hesitatingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most hesitatingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
eo hezite (in a hesitating manner)