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wavering

adjective C2
  1. Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
  2. Being in doubt; indecisive.
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Above the bridge the pond ran up into fringing groves of fir and maple and lay all darkly translucent in their wavering shadows.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 26 · C1
Anne looked at the wicked green depths below her, wavering with long, oily shadows, and shivered.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 225 · C1
But the bitterness of her old grievance promptly stiffened up her wavering determination.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 227 · C1
By the light of the wretched and wavering lamp, of which we have spoken, Dantès saw the old man, pale, but yet erect, clinging to the bedstead.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 203 · C1

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