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Halting vs Haltingly - What's the difference?

halting | haltingly |

As an adjective halting

is prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

As a verb halting

is .

As an adverb haltingly is

in a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.

halting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken
    • his halting speech
    her halting steps

    Verb

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    haltingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.
    • He spoke haltingly of his battle with cancer and its affect on his family.
    I just learned how to read Korean this summer and am still new to the language, so I still read and pronounce the words haltingly when I try to read a sentence in Korean. I take over a minute, whereas one with an excellent command of the Korean language would take 12.5 seconds.