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halt·ing

(hôl′tĭng)

adj.

1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice.

2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse.

3. Limping; lame.

halt′ing·ly adv.

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halting

(ˈhɔːltɪŋ)

adj

1. hesitant: halting speech.

2. lame

ˈhaltingly adv

ˈhaltingness n

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halt•ing

(ˈhɔl tɪŋ)

adj.

1. faltering or hesitating, esp. in speech.

2. faulty or imperfect.

3. limping or lame: a halting gait.

[1375–1425]

halt′ing•ly, adv.

halt′ing•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	halting - disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" game, gimpy, halt, lame unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
	2.	halting - fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow" broken - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"

halting

adjective faltering, stumbling, awkward, hesitant, laboured, stammering, imperfect, stuttering The officer replied in halting German.

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halting

adjective

Given to or exhibiting hesitation:

hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, tentative, timid, vacillant, vacillatory.

Translations

holprig

esitante zoppicante

halting

[ˈhɔːltɪŋ] ADJ (= hesitant) [speech, movement] → titubeante, vacilante

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halting

[ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adj (= hesitant) [voice, speech] → hésitant(e); [English] → hésitant(e); [efforts, attempts] → hésitant(e)

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halting

adj voice, efforts, steps, answer → zögernd; speech, performance, progress → stockend; French, German, verse → holprig; their steps toward(s) reform are halting → sie machen nur zögernde Schritte zur Reform

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halting

[ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adj → titubante

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Not an Indian was to be seen; so, after halting about an hour, he resumed his journey.

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She arranged the order of march, she selected the camps, she set the hour for halting and the hour for resuming and though she was inexperienced in such matters, her native intelligence was so far above that of the men or the apes that she did better than they could have done.

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"Ha!" said Joe, halting, "what does that fellow hold by?"

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