adj.

1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice.
2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse.
3. Limping; lame.

haltingly halt'ing·ly adv.

adjective

Given to or exhibiting hesitation: hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, tentative, timid, vacillant, vacillatory. See decide/hesitate.

adj

Definition: hesitant
Antonyms: flowing, smooth, steady, unhesitating

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: disabled in the feet or legs
  Synonyms: crippled, halt, lame, game

Meaning #2: fragmentary or halting from emotional strain

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - haltende, usikker, tøvende, stammende

Nederlands (Dutch)
hortend, aarzelend, kreupel, mank

Français (French)
adj. - hésitant, boiteux (un vers), heurté (un style)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unsicher, holprig, zögernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διστακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
a sbalzi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inseguro, interrompido

Русский (Russian)
остановка, спотыкающийся, запинающийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vacilante, titubeante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bruten (om språk), stapplande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
跛的, 踌躇的, 蹒跚的, 软弱无力的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 跛的, 躊躇的, 蹣跚的, 軟弱無力的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 절뚝거리는, 앞뒤가 맞지 않는, 망설이는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ためらいながらの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أعرج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הססני, מהסס, צולע, לא שוטף‬

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