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hesitancy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hesitancy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hesitancy [ n.]
- The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
- A stammering; a faltering in speech.

Meaning of 'hesitancy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hesitancy [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a certain degree of unwillingness
Example in sentence:
  • a reluctance to commit himself;
  • after some hesitation he agreed;
  • his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition

Nearby Words:

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