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Hesitantly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    With hesitation.

    "The sounds from Barb's clarinet began to take the shape of a melody, played quietly at first, hesitantly, with a misblown note here and there."

  2. 2
    With reluctance.
Adverb
  1. 1
    with hesitation; in a hesitant manner wordnet

Etymology

From hesitant + -ly.

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