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# falteringly

«falteringly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in an unsteady, shaky way, especially when speaking** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (falteringly)

### meaning for a pupil

Falteringly means in an unsteady, shaky way, especially when speaking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falteringly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

used to say how someone speaks when they are unsure, nervous or upset

### examples

- «John,» Wendy said falteringly, «perhaps we don't remember.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falteringly/#x1)
- «I know,» he said falteringly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falteringly/#x2)
- She began to speak falteringly, then stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falteringly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «falteringly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/falteringly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.