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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HALT'ING, ppr. Stopping; limping.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game]
2: fragmentary or halting from emotional strain; "uttered a few halting words of sorrow"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1585 marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness <spoke in a halting manner> • haltingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hail Hail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halled; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] [OE. hailen, AS. haqalian.] To pour down particles of ice, or frozen vapors.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Halt Halt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Halted; p. pr. & vb. n. Halting.] 1. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still. 2. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain. How long halt ye between two opinions? --1 Kings xviii. 21

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you speak or do something in a halting way, you speak or do it slowly and with a lot of hesitation, usually because you are uncertain about what to say or do next. In a halting voice she said that she wished to make a statement... ADJ • haltingly She spoke haltingly of her deep upset and hurt... ADV: ADV with v

Moby Thesaurus

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