falter
verb (used without object)
to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way.
falteringly
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a word derived from
falter.
Example Sentences
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Didi falteringly answers, “Tell him . . . tell him you saw us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2025
As we’ve emerged, falteringly at times, many of us have been fortunate to find what we loved, what nourished us, still there — or perhaps finding its way back.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
Morris replies, falteringly, “I think that Jeffrey’s account is suspect. It really seems internally inconsistent and not entirely believable. Do I believe that means there were no intruders in the house? Maybe.”
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
But why would anyone turn over important business to someone who speaks as falteringly as this guy does?
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2012
Trying to resume her story, "Calamity," after groping about falteringly for the thread, had to back up again and start with "My maiden name was Martha Cannary."
From Down the Yellowstone by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
