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Meanings of hesitancy in English

Spanish
hesitación
Catalan
indecisió

Tendancy to hesitate.

      Related terms
      hesitación
      Portuguese
      aversão
      Catalan
      indisposició

      A certain degree of unwillingness.

            aversão
            Usage of hesitancy in English
            1
            In fact, Brazil's hesitancy is symptomatic of the countries' increasingly complex relationship.
            Reuters
            2
            On Friday he emphasized his hesitancy to use his broad clawback power.
            Reuters
            3
            But there are strategic reasons for Pakistan's hesitancy to attack the Haqqanis.
            Reuters
            4
            The same hesitancy was repeated as he began his second counseling session.
            No More Mr. Nice Guy!
            5
            Stan must have mistaken my hesitancy for disapproval because he spoke quickly.
            Empty mile
            6
            There was a singular hesitancy in her answer to the abrupt question.
            The Crown of Life
            7
            His mood was still murky; his hesitancy almost a replica of Lanrezac's.
            The guns of august
            8
            Hubert made gesture of hesitancy and said he hated to take money.
            The new yorker
            9
            Turkey's hesitancy has frustrated Washington as well as its own Kurdish minority.
            Reuters
            10
            The sheets were open and she felt no hesitancy about reading them.
            The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
            11
            He may have seen the hesitancy in Ford's face, for he laughed.
            The Uphill Climb
            12
            But she possessed the courage of pride, and her hesitancy was short.
            Wolves of the Sea / Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manusc...
            13
            It came out without hesitancy or shame, and he could only murmur:
            The Dark Flower
            14
            There was a peculiar hesitancy in the girl's manner which puzzled me.
            Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
            15
            Yet the Indian guide pushes on without hesitancy, and with unerring accuracy.
            On the Indian Trail / Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and ...
            16
            Let the King speak and there would be no hesitancy, little pity.
            The Justice of the King
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            Hesitancy through the time
            Hesitancy across language varieties
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