Library / English Dictionary

HESITATINGLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

With hesitation; in a hesitant manner

Example:

he finally accepted hesitantly

Synonyms:

hesitantly; hesitatingly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

 Context examples: 

As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Her voice sunk with the word, but presently reviving she added, "I am thankful to find that I can look with so little pain on the spot!—shall we ever talk on that subject, Elinor?"—hesitatingly it was said.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“I do not know,” replied Miss Crawford hesitatingly.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“They told me something,” said Harriet rather hesitatingly; “but it is nothing of any consequence.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)