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faulteringly

faulteringly is the archaic form of falteringly.

Meaning of falteringly

Adverb

falteringly (comparative more falteringly, superlative most falteringly)

  1. In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses
    • She spoke falteringly, and concluded with a heavy sigh.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC

Forms of faulteringly

comparativemore faulteringly
superlativemost faulteringly

Questions about faulteringly

What is faulteringly the archaic form of?
Faulteringly is the archaic form of falteringly.

Words near faulteringly in the dictionary

  1. faultages
  2. faulted
  3. faulter
  4. faultered
  5. faultering
  6. faulteringly
  7. faulterings
  8. faulters
  9. faultfind
  10. faultfinder
  11. faultfinders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faulteringly (page history and authors); falteringly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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