Hesitatory

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    hesitating

    "His being suspicious, dubious, cautelous, and not soon determined, but hesitatory at unusual occurrences in his office"

Example

More examples

"His being suspicious, dubious, cautelous, and not soon determined, but hesitatory at unusual occurrences in his office"

Etymology

From hesitate + -ory.

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