halting
faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
faulty or imperfect.
limping or lame: a halting gait.
Origin of halting
1Other words from halting
- halt·ing·ly, adverb
- halt·ing·ness, noun
- un·halt·ing, adjective
- un·halt·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use halting in a sentence
He is goofy, he speaks haltingly from the heart, and from scripts.
Prince Harry Should Be King: The Royal Family’s Ace Card | Tim Teeman | June 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead of great leaps forward, it tends to move haltingly in grudging increments.
“Nice meet you,” he said haltingly, in broken English, using my language since I did not speak his.
As the economy has recovered, however haltingly, so has the growth of health care costs.
For another, we can remind ourselves how fluidly hate is taught, and how haltingly trust is restored.
Michigan State University Student Has His Mouth Stapled in Vicious Campus Hate Crime | Elisheva Goldberg | August 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The brown-skinned, dark-haired man appeared in the entrance of the tent and spoke haltingly in English.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossShe lisped the words in her soft, sweet voice, haltingly, like a little child.
The Fire People | Ray Cummings"I—I must go to my room, Herr Hauptmann," she murmured haltingly.
The Secret Witness | George GibbsAn unbalanced sentence goes haltingly and jars; an ambiguous pronoun causes the reader to stumble.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. AllenThe train moved haltingly, having to wait at sidings for other trains that had the right of way.
Ralph Granger's Fortunes | William Perry Brown
British Dictionary definitions for halting
/ (ˈhɔːltɪŋ) /
hesitant: halting speech
lame
Derived forms of halting
- haltingly, adverb
- haltingness, noun
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