Hesitatingly
['hɛzə,tetɪŋli]
Definition
(adv.) With hesitation or doubt.
Edited by Bridget
Examples
- I do not know, said Fanny hesitatingly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yes, said his brother hesitatingly, there is a likeness. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Yes(rather hesitatingly)I believe I do. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She glanced hesitatingly at her daughter. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He said a few words more, hesitatingly and disconnectedly, then stopped again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They told me something, said Harriet rather hesitatingly; but it is nothing of any consequence. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I do not know, replied Miss Crawford hesitatingly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As I groped out the door, and knocked at it hesitatingly, I felt that last idea to be a mere chimera. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It has been mentioned to me, answered Wildeve hesitatingly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He paused a moment, and then added, more hesitatingly, Do you think I am too old to learn your business, Mr. Garth? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Yes, of friends, I answered rather hesitatingly: for I knew I meant more than friends, but could not tell what other word to employ. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Perhaps, then, he hesitatingly replied, what I heard this morning may bethere may be more truth in it than I could believe possible at first. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She glanced up at him hesitatingly and he went on: On a Monday morning there won't be anybody on the boat. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Perhaps,' said Mr. Stiggins hesitatingly, after a few moments' deep thought, 'perhaps she recommended me to the care of the man of wrath, Mr. Samuel? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She hung her head and answered hesitatingly, she did not know; she had not any paper. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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