hesitatingly

English

Etymology

hesitating +‎ -ly

Adverb

hesitatingly (comparative more hesitatingly, superlative most hesitatingly)

1. In a hesitating manner.
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 66:

     As he passed the drawing-room door he heard Ethel say hesitatingly: "I - I heard you singing from the verandah."