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What does hesitant mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hesitant? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
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Until we had moved three of four more stops up the line it was a jumpy, hesitant, tedious process.
My last caption competition went down like a lead balloon, so I'm hesitant to offer a prize.
In hesitant English, the bespectacled Thai man thanks all the foreigners who have helped his community, raising the biggest cheer of the night.
Unsure of the local etiquette, I'm hesitant to strip down to my BVDs and dive in.
The queen was beyond the blush of maidenhood, but dressed in maidenly green like the first hesitant uncurling feathery buds of April.
The voice in my head is wobbly and hesitant but it seems to echo slightly as I freeze in utter astonishment.

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