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hesitative, a.|ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪv|
[f. L. hæsitāt-, pa. ppl. stem of hæsitāre to hesitate: see -ive.]
Shewing, or given to, hesitation.
1795Montford Castle II. 150 He stood hesitative and confused. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xviii. xiv. VIII. 86 For four days more, he hung about the place, minatory, hesitative; but attempted nothing feasible. 1882Mozley Remin. Oriel I. 152 His hesitative manner of speaking.
Hence ˈhesitatively adv., in a hesitating manner.
1881R. A. King Love the Debt xix, ‘I think I'd try giving her notice again, first’, hesitatively suggested his feeble fellow-bachelor. |