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Definition of halting : 1. of Hail
2. of Halt

Synonyms:

gimpy, gritty, decide, broken, spunky, game, gamey, lame, unfit, pendulous, vacillatory, doubtful, spirited, irresolute, indecisive, crippled, timid, mettlesome, slow, hesitant, shilly-shally, tentative, vacillant, uncertain, feeble, halt, gamy

desisting, ceasing, quitting, pausing, closing, breaking, remitting, interrupting, staying, stopping, suspending, terminating, culminating, ending, discontinuing, abandoning, refraining

faltering, hesitating, delaying, balking, recoiling, waiting, shrinking

freezing, holding

completing, capping, exiting, deceasing, finalizing, expiring, winding up, finishing, checkmating, concluding, passing away, wrapping up, accomplishing, dying, passing on

Usage examples:

• Halting for an instant, he strained his eyes to see if he were mistaken, or was there no light in the window, no sign that Ethie was there. - "Ethelyn's Mistake", Mary Jane Holmes.
• Halting there, he looked about him slowly with his deep- set eyes, turning as he looked, till at length his glance fell upon the King. - "Child of Storm", H. Rider Haggard.
• Nello happened to get hold of a man who could speak a little French, in a halting, but intelligent way. - "The Intriguers", William Le Queux.