Hesitantly
Hesitantly adverb - With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
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Synonyms for Hesitantly
Shilly-shally and hesitantly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shilly-shally" instead an adverb "Hesitantly".
Shilly-shally
Shilly-shally verb - To show uncertainty about the right course of action.
Hesitantly and shilly-shally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitantly" instead an adverb phrase "Shilly-shally".
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Related pairs
- hesitant and hesitantly
- hesitant and shilly-shally
- shy and hesitantly
- shy and shilly-shally
- timid and hesitantly
- timid and shilly-shally
- faltering and hesitantly
- faltering and shilly-shally
- irresolute and hesitantly
- irresolute and shilly-shally
- vacillating and hesitantly
- vacillating and shilly-shally
- indecisive and hesitantly
- indecisive and shilly-shally
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