That softens (in various non-physical senses); esp. that makes a person or thing less harsh, severe, or intense in feeling, appearance, or sensation.

Marked by vacillation.

Not firmly placed or planted; insecure; unstable, unsteady; liable to slip or fall.

Of sentiments, etc.: Undecided, not determined to either side. Chiefly in negative sentences.

Of conduct, etc.: Marked by vacillation.

Vacillating, unsteady.

Confused, at a loss.

In general contexts. Of an attitude, sentiment, relationship, etc.: characterized by mixed, uncertain, or contradictory feelings; (also)…

Of behaviour (see hedge, v. 9).

Off and on; vacillating, intermittent, patchy; = on-off, adj. 2.