Hesitant and Long

Hesitant

Hesitant adjective - Slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty.

Long and hesitant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Long" instead an adjective "Hesitant".

Long

Long adjective - Of great extent from end to end.

Hesitant and long are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitant" instead an adjective "Long".

Nearby Word: longed

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Light Novel / Black Bullet It's only because his opponent wasn't evil at heart and was hesitant to kill him, allowing a flashbang to disorient her long enough that he managed to survive at all.
  • Visual Novel / Grisaia no Rakuen The Quiet One: Makina when she first arrived at Mihama would speak very little and had a hesitant, pausing tone like she hadn’t spoken much in a long time.
  • Part of the lore suggests, apparently, that at least part of the reason that the Ur-Quan are so hesitant to use the Sa-Matra is because it's practically a religious artifact to them, representing the power to ensure that nobody can ever enslave them again (long story).
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