Usually means: Showing uncertainty or reluctance; indecisive.
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  1. hesitative: Merriam-Webster
  2. hesitative: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. hesitative: Wiktionary
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  6. Hesitative, hesitative: Dictionary.com
  7. Hesitative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. hesitative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Hesitative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hesitative: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Hesitative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Distinguished by hesitation; hesitating.

Similar:
hesitational, hesitant, faltering, halting, stuttering, mammering, vacillatory, dithery, perhapsy, Hamletic, more...

Opposite:
decisive, resolute, determined, unwavering

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Similar:
hesitational, hesitant, faltering, halting, stuttering, mammering, vacillatory, dithery, perhapsy, Hamletic, more...

Opposite:
decisive, resolute, determined, unwavering



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