haltingly

1. 1.

   in a halting manner

   “he spoke haltingly”

Questions about haltingly

What does haltingly mean?

haltingly means "in a halting manner".

How many syllables are in haltingly?

haltingly has 3 syllables: hal-tin-gly. The stress falls on "hal". In IPA it is /ˈhɔltɪŋli/.

Is haltingly a common word?

haltingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.