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31fal´ter|er — fal|ter «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to… …
32fal|ter — «FL tuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to not go straight; lose courage; draw back or hesitate; waver: »The soldiers faltered for a moment as their captain fell. SYNONYM(S): vacillate, flinch. See syn. under hesitate. (Cf. ↑hesitate) 2. to become… …
33shil|ly-shal|ly — «SHIHL ee SHAL ee», adjective, adverb, verb, lied, ly|ing, noun. –adj. vacillating; wavering; hesitating; undecided: »I m not going to be stopped by any shilly shally nonsense (Anthony Trollope) …
34All ready — Ready Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding …
35Backward — Back ward, a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. [1913 Webster] For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Not well advanced in… …
36Coy — (koi), a. [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L. quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See {While}, and cf. {Quiet}, {Quit}, {Quite}.] 1. Quiet; still. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Shrinking from… …
37Diffident — Dif fi*dent, a. [L. diffidens, entis, p. pr. of diffidere; dif = dis + fidere to trust; akin to fides faith. See {Faith}, and cf. {Defy}.] 1. Wanting confidence in others; distrustful. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] You were always extremely diffident… …
38Faltering — Fal ter*ing, a. Hesitating; trembling. With faltering speech. Milton. n. Falter; halting; hesitation. {Fal ter*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
39Falteringly — Faltering Fal ter*ing, a. Hesitating; trembling. With faltering speech. Milton. n. Falter; halting; hesitation. {Fal ter*ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
40Hesitancy — Hes i*tan*cy, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.] 1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. [1913 Webster] 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech. [1913 Webster] …
