hesitantly

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Recent Examples of hesitantly His crossing has often been a source of frustration, sometimes ballooning the ball too often, taking too long to put it into the area or cutting back on himself hesitantly. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 The clip shows the massive American bully hesitantly backing away from a tiny, energetic puppy. Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 Adam asks Conrad to take care of his brother, and Conrad hesitantly agrees. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hesitantly
Adverb
  • Fans chanted for Bayley as Lyra stared at her incredulously.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Carolyn responds incredulously while showing a sign of disgust on her face.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Lines of hundreds of guests snaked around the inside of the department store (which takes up an entire city block in Manhattan), with onlookers snapping photos quizzically.
    Anika Reed, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Daedone looked at me quizzically.
    Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Firearms industry veteran Rob Pincus, who runs his own training regime, Personal Defense Network, looked skeptically at the new program, but was measured in his critique.
    Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Chinese officials are also looking more skeptically at Nvidia’s chips.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Hesitantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hesitantly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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