at irregular intervals, capriciously, dilatorily, fitfully, in snatches, languidly, moderately, reluctantly, spottily, unmethodically, with agonizing slowness
Definitionadv. in a halting manner
Last update: October 6, 2015
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"I don't know," he said haltingly. [Please select]
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"Not really Spanish," she replied, haltingly. [Please select]
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"So far as I know--they never met," she replied, haltingly. [Please select]
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"N-o-o," she answered somewhat haltingly; "but I--I am a woman." [Please select]
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Then he continued haltingly, "Colonel, I know you're a man of strong feelings and convictions."' [Please select]
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"I--In truth--I--" haltingly began Sir Frederick, his face losing colour as he spoke. [Please select]
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Uneasiness was written on every man's face, and the talk went haltingly. [Please select]
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The footman, in powdered wig and white cotton gloves, answered haltingly. [Please select]
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"I cannot express myself at all as I feel," she haltingly told them. [Please select]
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Elpaso, in the end, justified his old reputation by making a recovery--haltingly, it is true, and with perilous intervals of sinking, but a recovery. [Please select]
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"You will reproach me for my feebleness," she said, and he answered haltingly: "No, I do not reproach you--I pity you." [Please select]
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