The word 'hesitantly' is the adverb form of the adjective 'hesitant'.
An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Examples:
Geraldine hesitantly opened the envelope with the report.
Gregory gave hesitantly short answers to my questions.
The dancer hesitantly gracefully moved across the stage.
The word hesitantly is an adverb. It means to do something in a hesitant manner.
Hesitantly He hesitantly raised his hand.
I hesitantly did my homework so that i would not have to redo it at school!
penitently
Hesitantly
Yes it is.
shyly, carefully
No, it is an adverb, a form of the verb to hesitate. The noun is hesitation.
The root word is hesitant.
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
part of speech
The part of speech for "answer" is a noun.