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Haltingly vs Stumblingly - What's the difference?

haltingly | stumblingly |

As adverbs the difference between haltingly and stumblingly

is that haltingly is in a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation while stumblingly is in a stumbling way; unsteadily, haltingly.

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.

    stumblingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a stumbling way; unsteadily, haltingly.