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[ hez-i-tuhn-see ] / ˈhɛz ɪ tən si / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hesitancy ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural hes·i·tan·cieshesitation; indecision or disinclination. Origin of hesitancyFrom the Latin word haesitantia, dating back to 1610–20. See hesitant, -ancy OTHER WORDS FROM hesitancypre·hes·i·tan·cy, noun, plural pre·hes·i·tan·cies.Words nearby hesitancyHeseltine, he/she, Heshvan, Hesiod, Hesione, hesitancy, hesitant, hesitate, hesitation, hesitation waltz, hesitative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hesitancyI asked Ferris if there was a bias or a hesitancy to recruit Native American kids. Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own|Robert Silverman|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rattner apologized for his hesitancy and “closed [his] eyes and jumped.” Speed Read Steven Rattner's Tell-All|The Daily Beast|September 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST This was partly, it seems, due to his own desire to finish school and his hesitancy to move out to Palo Alto. Accidental Billionaires|Samuel P. Jacobs|July 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST There was no time now for hesitancy; here was my cue, and I must plunge ahead, accepting the chances. My Lady of the North|Randall Parrish
This hesitancy was a glaring testimony to the loose thinking and careless literary habits of those days. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology|John F. Hurst A day of inaction, an hour of hesitancy, might have been fatal. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851|Various There was a pathetic hesitancy in her manner, the hesitancy of a weak woman who adheres to a purpose only by supreme effort. In spite of her smiling face, there was a slight doubt and hesitancy in her manner. Jane Field|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Words related to hesitancyskepticism, reluctance, indecision, hesitation, procrastination, uncertainty, irresolution, pause, wavering, delaying Medical definitions for hesitancy
n.An involuntary delay or inability in starting the urinary stream. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |