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faltering
(encz) | faltering,váhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Faltering
(gcide) | Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb.
n. Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault.
See Fault, v. & n.]
1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as,
his tongue falters.
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With faltering speech and visage incomposed.
--Milton.
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2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. "He found his legs
falter." --Wiseman.
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3. To hesitate in purpose or action.
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Ere her native king
Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak.
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4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said
of the mind or of thought.
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Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space
and distance falters. --I. Taylor.
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Faltering
(gcide) | Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a.
Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." --Milton. --
n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
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faltering
(wn) | faltering
adj 1: unsteady in speech or action
n 1: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter,
faltering] |
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faltering
(encz) | faltering,váhání n: Zdeněk Brož |
falteringly
(encz) | falteringly,potácivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unfaltering
(encz) | unfaltering, |
unfalteringly
(encz) | unfalteringly, adv: |
Falteringly
(gcide) | Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a.
Hesitating; trembling. "With faltering speech." --Milton. --
n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv.
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Unfaltering
(gcide) | Unfaltering \Unfaltering\
See faltering. |
faltering
(wn) | faltering
adj 1: unsteady in speech or action
n 1: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter,
faltering] |
falteringly
(wn) | falteringly
adv 1: in an unsteady manner; "he walked unsteadily toward the
exit"; "The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on
his legs" [syn: unsteadily, falteringly,
uncertainly] [ant: steadily, steady] |
unfaltering
(wn) | unfaltering
adj 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;
"firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve";
"a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
[syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff,
unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering] |
unfalteringly
(wn) | unfalteringly
adv 1: with determination; in a determined manner; "he clung to
the past determinedly" [syn: determinedly,
unfalteringly, unshakably] |
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