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halting

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halt·ing  (hôltng)
adj.
1. Hesitant or wavering: a halting voice.
2. Imperfect; defective: halting verse.
3. Limping; lame.

halting·ly adv.

halting [ˈhɔːltɪŋ]
adj
1. hesitant halting speech
2. lame
haltingly  adv
haltingness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.halting - disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
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.
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, answerzögernd; speech, performance, progressstockend; French, German, verseholprig; their steps toward(s) reform are haltingsie machen nur zögernde Schritte zur Reform
halting [ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adjtitubante
halting [ˈhɔːltɪŋ] adjtitubante


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Thus, if you order your men to roll up their buff-coats, and make forced marches without halting day or night, covering double the usual distance at a stretch, doing a hundred LI in order to wrest an advantage, the leaders of all your three divisions will fall into the hands of the enemy.
The major commanded a halt by merely halting, and, evidently himself a bit "skeered," rode on alone to reconnoiter.
I freely admit the former existence of many islands, now buried beneath the sea, which may have served as halting places for plants and for many animals during their migration.
 
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