What does hesitating mean?
Hesitating means present participle and gerund of hesitate.
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/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hesitate.
Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]
Use hesitating when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hesitating means present participle and gerund of hesitate.
Common synonyms include irresolute, hesitant, indecisive.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]
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