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wavering en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English waver Middle English -ynge English -ing English wavering From waver + -ing.

Meanings

1. Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
2. Being in doubt; indecisive.

Forms

Antonyms

unwavering

Translations (7)

de unschlüssig (fluctuating, uncertain) · de wankelmütig (fluctuating, uncertain) · eo ŝancelanta (fluctuating, uncertain) · bg колебаещ се (fluctuating, uncertain) · bg нерешителен (fluctuating, uncertain) · la claudicātūrus (fluctuating, uncertain) · la nutans (fluctuating, uncertain)

wavering en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English waver Middle English -ynge English -ing English wavering From waver + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund) gerund of waver: a state of fluctuation or indecision.
   form of waver
   • the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody
   • The Bill for the Carlisle & Hawick Railway, an independent line, but intended to be worked and maintained by the Caledonian, failed, and the people of Hawick, after considerable wavering, decided to give their support to the North British Border Union line, which the Carlisle & Hawick scheme was, of course, intended to block. 1957 January 14, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1857”, in Railway Magazine, page 51:

Forms

wavering en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree English waver Middle English -ynge English -ing English wavering From waver + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of waver
   form of waver