English

hesitatively

Hesitatively comes from English hesitative.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

A compound of hesitative + -ly

Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’

Latin haesitō ‘to hesitate’

Latin haesitātus ‘hesitated, having been uncertain’

English hesitate

Every English word from English hesitative

adv In a hesitative manner or fashion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.