halting
[adjective]
Synonyms: faltering, awkward, hesitant, laboured, stammering, stumbling, stuttering

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halt‧ing /ˈhɔːltɪŋ $ ˈhɒːl-/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: halt 'to walk with difficulty', from Old English healtian]
if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident Synonym : hesitant:
We carried on a rather halting conversation.
—haltingly adverb

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