Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a wavering, vacillating, or irresolute manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a wavering manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a wavering way; in a way involving
wavering .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Axelrod waveringly answers, saying that "that region is a flarepoint," and that it's "important for our own security" that it get resolved.
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Axelrod waveringly answers, saying that "that region is a flarepoint," and that it's "important for our own security" that it get resolved.
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Very slowly he came, but not from any reluctance, for his head was erected proudly, and his eyes fixed on Owain, He plashed waveringly out of the surf, as little wave on following wave lapped at his feet and drew back.
His Disposition 2010
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One of my favorite songs on the album is the flawlessly crafted "Comets" that waveringly coalesces at the beginning and end, like the deepening twilight and the stars appearing, wrung tightly with an almost tangible melancholy.
Heather Browne: Fanfarlo Shimmers and Spins Into Denver This Friday 2009
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One rose leaf, falling from an enormous height, like a little parachute dropped from an invisible balloon, turns, flutters waveringly.
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A small figure with a foolishly large head drew waveringly near them in the moonlit haze; looked for an instant like a goblin, but turned out to be the harmless little priest whom they had left in the drawing-room.
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A small figure with a foolishly large head drew waveringly near them in the moonlit haze; looked for an instant like a goblin, but turned out to be the harmless little priest whom they had left in the drawing-room.
The Father Brown Omnibus Chesterton, G. K. 2003
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I gave up and announced waveringly that there was no more point discussing it, and went up to cry - it sounds so melodramatic, but I get so tearful and upset in these arguments, and I have trouble getting my emotions out in front of people, even Neil, so I always take myself somewhere else to cry.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003
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A small figure with a foolishly large head drew waveringly near them in the moonlit haze; looked for an instant like a goblin, but turned out to be the harmless little priest whom they had left in the drawing-room.
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The bull trotted waveringly and somewhat irritated.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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