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Definition: Hesitantly |
HesitantlyAdverb1. With hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hesitantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1939. (references) |
Synonym: HesitantlySynonym: hesitatingly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unhesitatingly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hesitantly |
| English words defined with "hesitantly": linger ♦ tarry. (references) |
| "Hesitantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.51% of the time. "Hesitantly" is used about 205 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.51% | 204 | 21,327 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.49% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 205 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "hesitantly": speak hesitantly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "hesitantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në mëdyshje (haltingly, hesitant, hesitatingly, perplexed, puzzled, vacillating), me ngurrim (hesitatingly), me dy mendje (hesitatingly), duke ngecur (hesitatingly), duke iu marrë goja (hesitatingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بحيرة (lake, lakelet, lough, mere), بتردد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | колебливо (gropingly, tentatively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zdráhavì (grudgingly), váhavì (begrudgingly, doubtfully, half-heartedly, hesitatingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | d'une voix hésitante, avec hésitation (hesitatingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zaudernd (lagging), zögernd (demurring, faltering, falteringly, halting, haltingly, hesitant, hesitating, lagging, lingering, procrastinating, tarrying, tentative), zögerlich (hesitant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διστακτικά (waveringly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | habozva (doubtfully, hesitatingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tastoni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | おとぎ話 (bedpan, chamber pot, coweringly, fairy tale, fart, female transvestite, flattery, generally obnoxious middle-aged woman, good luck charm, screw, sexual intercourse, vagina, virgin), もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おどおど (coweringly), もじもじ (bashfully, be restless, fidget). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esitantlyhay irresoluto (double-natured, half hearted, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, shilly shally, undecided, undetermined, unready, unresolved, unsettled, unsolved, unsteady, up in the air, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed). (various references) нерешительно (faint-heartedly, halfheartedly, half-heartedly, hesitatingly, spiritlessly, suspensively). (various references) neodlučno (halfheartedly). (various references) titubeantemente (haltingly). (various references) betänksamt (deliberately). (various references) อย่างลังเล. (various references) вагаючись (hesitatingly), нерішуче (faint-heartedly, hesitatingly), заїкаючись (stutteringly), затинаючись (hesitatingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hesitantly" (pronounced he"zutuntlē) |
| 7 | -u t u n t l ē | competently, concomitantly, incompetently, militantly. |
| 6 | -t u n t l ē | blatantly, consistently, constantly, exultantly, importantly, inadvertently, insistently, instantly, intermittently, patently, persistently, reluctantly. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, brilliantly, coherently, complacently, concurrently, confidently, consequently, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, imminently, impatiently, imprudently, incessantly, incoherently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insufficiently, intelligently, leniently, magnificently, negligently, obediently, patiently, permanently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-n-s-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: ethinyls, hesitant, hyalines, hyalites, lathiest, stealthy. | |
-3 letters: astheny, atheist, elastin, elysian, entails, ethinyl, halites, hantles, hastily, heliast, hyaline, hyalins, hyalite, inhales, instate, latents, lattens, lattins, lithest, nailset, nastily, nattily, saintly, salient, saltine, satiety, satinet, shantey, sheitan, slainte, staithe, stately, stealth, sthenia, stylate, stylite, talents, tastily, tenails, tensity, tenthly, testily, thistle, thistly. | |
-4 letters: aliens. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-n-s-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: hesitatingly, methylations, shatteringly. | |
+3 letters: synthetically. | |
+4 letters: anesthetically, anthophyllites, platyhelminths, unhesitatingly. | |
+5 letters: hyperventilates, kinesthetically, methylxanthines, pantheistically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 73 69 74 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . ... .. - .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e s i t a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0073 0069 0074 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718575866780867891 |
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