slow to speak or act because you feel uncertain, embarrassed, or unwilling a hesitant smile the baby's first few hesitant steps hesitant about something She's hesitant about signing the contract. hesitant to do something Doctors are hesitant to comment on the new treatment.
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adverb He smiled hesitantly.See hesitant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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