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—haltingly, adv. —haltingness, n./hawl"ting/, adj.1. faltering or hesitating, esp. in speech.2. faulty or imperfect.3. limping or lame: a halting gait.[1375-1425; late ME; see HALT2, -ING2]
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halting — [hôl′tiŋ] adj. 1. limping, awkward, or unsteady [a halting gait] 2. marked by hesitation or uncertainty; jerky, disconnected, etc. [halting speech] haltingly adv … English World dictionary
halting — index broken (interrupted) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
halting — (n.) act of limping or walking lamely, early 14c., from prp. of HALT (Cf. halt) (v.). Related: Haltingly … Etymology dictionary
halting — [adj] hesitant awkward, bumbling, clumsy, doubtful, faltering, gauche, imperfect, indecisive, inept, irresolute, labored, limping, lumbering, maladroit, slow, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentative, uncertain, unhandy, vacillating,… … New thesaurus
halting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ slow and hesitant. DERIVATIVES haltingly adverb … English terms dictionary
halting — [[t]hɔ͟ːltɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you speak or do something in a halting way, you speak or do it slowly and with a lot of hesitation, usually because you are uncertain about what to say or do next. In a halting voice she said that she wished to… … English dictionary
halting — adjective 1) a halting conversation halting English Syn: hesitant, faltering, hesitating, stumbling, stammering, stuttering; broken, imperfect Ant: fluent 2) his halting gait … Thesaurus of popular words
halting — halt|ing [ˈho:ltıŋ US ˈho:l ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: halt to walk with difficulty , from Old English healtian] if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not… … Dictionary of contemporary English
halting — adjective if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident: We carried on a halting conversation in our imperfect German. haltingly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
halting — adjective 1. disabled in the feet or legs a crippled soldier a game leg • Syn: ↑crippled, ↑halt, ↑lame, ↑gimpy, ↑game • Similar to: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Halting — Halt Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Halted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Halting}.] 1. To hold one s self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still. [1913 Webster] 2. To stand in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
