Definition of "hesitantly" []

• With hesitation. (adverb)
• With reluctance. (adverb)

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• "“Will you --” she stops, clears her throat, starts again hesitantly, “Will you be in later?”"
• "I used the word hesitantly, for I wasn't sure the Weymouth family would be familiar with it."
• "Peepers and orbioles came out of hiding, called hesitantly into the silence."