hesitant

  • 21hesitant — hesitantly, adv. /hez i teuhnt/, adj. 1. hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined. 2. lacking readiness of speech. [1640 50; < L haesitant (s. of haesitans), prp. of haesitare to falter, hesitate, equiv. to haes(us), ptp. of haerere to&#8230; …

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  • 22hesitant — Term used to descibe the state of RNA polymerase when it is susceptible to pause, arrest or termination signals. SEE ALSO: overdrive, antitermination …

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  • 23hésitant — Part. prés. hésiter …

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  • 24hesitant — Synonyms and related words: afraid, agnostic, ambiguous, ambivalent, averse, backward, bashful, boggling, canny, capricious, careful, cautious, chancy, changeable, circumspect, deliberate, demurring, dicey, diffident, discreet, dithering,&#8230; …

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  • 25hesitant — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Doubtful] Syn. vacilLating, wavering, irresolute, indecisive; see doubtful 2 , reluctant . 2. [Slow] Syn. delaying, faltering, reluctant, disinclined; see reluctant , slow 2 , unwilling . See Synonym Study at reluctant …

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  • 26hésitant — фр. [эзита/н] нерешительно, колеблясь …

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  • 27hesitant — hes·i·tant || hezɪtÉ™nt adj. indecisive, vacillating, irresolute, faltering …

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  • 28hesitant — adjective slow to act or speak through indecision or reluctance. Derivatives hesitance noun hesitancy noun hesitantly adverb Origin ME: from L. haesitant , haesitare (see hesitate) …

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  • 29hesitant — adj 1. pausing, halting, stopping, hesitating, hesitative; waiting, delaying, stalling, dragging, lagging, dallying; tardy, dilatory, deferring, postponing, procrastinating, procrastinative, cunctating, cunc tatious, cunctatory. 2. undecided,&#8230; …

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  • 30hesitant — hes·i·tant …

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