haltingly
advEtymology From halting + -ly.
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In a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.
- He spoke haltingly of his battle with cancer and its affect on his family.
- I just learned how to read Korean this summer and am still new to the language, so I still read and pronounce the words haltingly when I try to read a sentence in Korean. I take over a minute, whereas one with an excellent command of the Korean language would take 12.5 seconds.
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- Mr. Biden’s core supporters expressed confidence in his performance, in which he spoke knowledgeably, if haltingly, about foreign policy after hosting a summit of NATO leaders in Washington.2024 July 12, Linda Feldmann, “Biden is on a knife’s edge: Can he hang on?”, in The Christian Science Monitor: