Hesitantly
Hesitantly adverb - With hesitation; in a hesitant manner.
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Synonyms for Hesitantly
Shillyshally and hesitantly are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Shillyshally" with "Hesitantly", this adverbs are similar.
Shillyshally
Shillyshally verb - Postpone doing what one should be doing.
Hesitantly and shillyshally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitantly" instead an adverb "Shillyshally".
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