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PAUSING |
Hesitating |
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HESITATORY |
Hesitating. |
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FALTERING |
Hesitating; trembling. |
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MISDOUBTFUL |
Misgiving; hesitating. |
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COY |
Soft; gentle; hesitating. |
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BACKWARD |
Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. |
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STUTTERING |
Apt to stutter; hesitating; stammering. |
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WAVERING |
Hesitating when waving about Her Majesty |
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HESITANT |
Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating. |
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STAMMERING |
Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. |
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SHILLY-SHALLY |
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. |
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IRRESOLVEDLY |
Without settled determination; in a hesitating
manner; doubtfully. |
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HESITATION |
The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action;
doubt; vacillation. |
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HESITANCY |
The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness
in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. |
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INDECISIVE |
Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute;
unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state
of mind; an indecisive character. |
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SCRUPULOUS |
Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful;
hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing
wrong. |
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SKEPTICAL |
Of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism;
characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of
doctrines or principles; doubting of everything. |
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READY |
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception
of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension;
ready wit; a ready writer or workman. |
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PROMT |
...ng
requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or
action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience
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DOUBTFUL |
Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering;
hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its
action is affected by suc... |