Synonyms of haltingly

haltingly

adverb

as in hesitantly

Related Words

• hesitantly
• hesitatingly
• tentatively
• falteringly
• slowly
• circumspectly
• designedly
• leisurely
• deliberately
• calculatingly
• studiedly

Dissimilar Words

• hurriedly
• hastily
• precipitously
• rashly
• precipitately
• cursorily
• headlong
• recklessly
• impatiently
• impulsively
• impetuously
• thoughtlessly
• automatically
• headfirst
• haphazardly
• hotfoot
• headily
• pell-mell
• hotheadedly
• glancingly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of haltingly

The department exists to preserve some semblance of equal justice in the United States — imperfectly, haltingly, often overbearingly for some and cautiously for others — and help ensure that the nation is governed by the rule of law. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

In Vietnamese director Lê Bảo’s new film, an extended family confronts various rifts and estrangements in its ranks; years of silence must give way, slowly and haltingly, to communication. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026

Law-enforcement officials in Minnesota are—albeit haltingly—beginning to move forward with investigations and prosecutions on their own. — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Root listens intently and then responds, initially haltingly. — James Wallace, New York Times, 22 May 2026

The game started to percolate here, but only haltingly. — Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2026

In O’Sullivan’s story these two come together, however haltingly at first, out of necessity for both just to go on and find a semblance of their lives without Callie. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026

Fiona’s neighbors get their own thin plots, broadening but not deepening the world of a show that moves haltingly towards a cliffhanger in its scant, 7-episode first season and so presumably means to continue. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025

That test soon divides matter, even for a far from sensitive ear, into what reads well & what reads tamely, haltingly, jerkily, lopsidedly, top-heavily, or otherwise badly. — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025