0 in a nervous way, stopping often while you are saying or doing something:
He spoke haltingly about his experiences as a hostage.
She walks haltingly toward him.
Perhaps they could do this, but only haltingly and with some effort.
The process of gradual reconciliation of the two wings of socialism had started haltingly in the mid-1930s and continued more confidently during the war.
That measure has, albeit haltingly, put in place an increasing incentive for the private sector to invest in renewables.
I have seen it benevolent to speakers who have been haltingly trying to put a case before it.
I believe that politics is creeping slowly and haltingly back into the picture.