halting
English
Adjective
halting (comparative more halting, superlative most halting)
- Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
- his halting speech
- her halting steps
Derived terms
Translations
hesitant or broken
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Verb
halting
Noun
halting (plural haltings)
- The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
- 1841, George Mogridge, Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey (page 167)
- But alas ! alas ! the faintings, the haltings, the back-slidings of Christians, are enough to make us tremble while we rejoice in the hope set before us.
- 1841, George Mogridge, Thoughts for the thoughtful, by old Humphrey (page 167)