hesitantly

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hesitantly

adverb more hesitantly · most hesitantly

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.
With reluctance.
Similar: reluctantly

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@misc{hesitantly_2026,
  title = {hesitantly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hesitantly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}