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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

As we’ve emerged, falteringly at times, many of us have been fortunate to find what we loved, what nourished us, still there — or perhaps finding its way back.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

She puts on her best smooth jazz radio timbre and falteringly reads a script on the history of New York City’s islands with the precision of a PowerPoint presentation.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

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

When he asked why, she told him falteringly that there had been a death in the family.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert




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