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Definition of Hesitating
1. Adjective. Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.
Similar to: Indecisive
Derivative terms: Hesitance, Hesitancy, Hesitancy, Hesitate
Definition of Hesitating
1. Verb. (present participle of hesitate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hesitating
1. hesitate [v] - See also: hesitate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hesitating
Literary usage of Hesitating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"He was still hesitating, hesitating to break his alliance with Napoleon, yet
hesitating to run counter to the whole popular feeling by actively supporting ..."
2. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmund Kemper Broadus (1904)
"TO THE hesitating PURCHASER If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure,
heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons And Buccaneers and ..."
3. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal. Classes of Witnesses by Richard Harris (1884)
"THE hesitating WITNESS. A hesitating WITNESS may be a very cautious and ...
In most cases the hesitating',man is wondering what effect the answer will have ..."
4. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1898)
"But the bear shook his head suspi- " HE STARED, hesitating, AT THE DELICIOUS
MORSEL " (Drawn by H. Egidius) ciously, lowered himself cautiously on to ..."
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