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faltering

adjective C2
  1. hesitant, halting
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The steward left the room with a faltering step, and returned with a bundle of bank-notes, which the notary counted like a man who never gives a receipt for money until after he is sure it is all there.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 454 · C1
At the end of a quarter of an hour a faltering footstep was heard, and Villefort appeared at the door of the apartment where d’Avrigny and Morrel had been staying, one absorbed in meditation, the other in grief.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1017 · C1

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