(especially of speech or movement) stopping and starting often, especially because you are not certain or are not very confident synonym hesitant a halting conversation a toddler's first few halting steps Europe's halting progress toward greater unity
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adverb “Well…” she began haltingly.See halting in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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