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Hesitancy   /hˈɛzɪtənsi/   Listen
noun
Hesitancy  n.  
1.
The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
2.
A stammering; a faltering in speech.





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"Hesitancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... FitzGerald's hesitancy about Major Moor's book was typical of the man. I am assured by Mr John Loder of Woodbridge, who knew him well, that it was inordinately difficult to get him to do anything. First he would be delighted with the idea, and ...
— Two Suffolk Friends • Francis Hindes Groome
... PRENTISS:—I find that you have so taken hold of the young ladies of my church that it will be hard for you to relieve yourself of them. They insist on meeting you again. The hesitancy to ask you questions last Thursday was due to the large number present. I have asked only the younger ones to come this week—those who are either "seeking the way," or are just at its beginning. Five of those you addressed last week have announced their purpose ...
— The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss • George L. Prentiss
... of the vaguest. The new possibility was almost unthinkable by him at the moment. He was what was called at Hintock "a solid-going fellow;" he maintained his abeyant mood, not from want of reciprocity, but from a taciturn hesitancy, taught by life ...
— The Woodlanders • Thomas Hardy
... taught the vile practice the consequences of which we have endeavored to describe, and who is already in the downward road,—let him resolve now to break the chain of sin, to reform at once, and to renounce his evil practice forever. The least hesitancy, the slightest dalliance with the demon vice, and the poor victim will be lost. Now, this moment, is the time to reform. Seek purity of mind and heart. Banish evil thoughts and shun evil companions; then with earnest prayer ...
— Plain Facts for Old and Young • John Harvey Kellogg
... every condition of thought and experiment and practice. If we fail, then even the knowledge of our attempt will die with us. For this, and all else which may come, I believe we are prepared!" He paused. No one spoke, but we all bowed our heads gravely in acquiescence. He resumed, but with a certain hesitancy: ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker


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