falteringly
adverb
falteringly is an adverb meaning “In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-L-T-E-R-I-N-G-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does falteringly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of falteringly
- more falteringly comparative
- most falteringly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is falteringly?
Falteringly appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does falteringly come from?
From faltering + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).