halting

halt·ing  (hôltng)

adj.

1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice.

2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse.

3. Limping; lame.

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halting·ly adv.

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halting [ˈhɔːltɪŋ]

adj

1. hesitant halting speech

2. lame

haltingly  adv

haltingness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	halting - disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" crippled, 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"

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halting

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

Translations

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

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

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

halting [ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adj → titubante