halting[adjective]Synonyms: faltering, awkward, hesitant, laboured, stammering, stumbling, stuttering
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
halt‧ing /ˈhɔːltɪŋ $ ˈhɒːl-/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: halt 'to walk with difficulty', from Old English healtian]
if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident
Synonym : hesitant:
We carried on a rather halting conversation.—haltingly adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲