hesitantly

“Will you --” she stops, clears her throat, starts again hesitantly, “Will you be in later?”

Frustration (1/2) amberfocus 2008

I used the word hesitantly, for I wasn't sure the Weymouth family would be familiar with it.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Peepers and orbioles came out of hiding, called hesitantly into the silence.

Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010

"Slip of the tongue" is the wrong word for it (but as you can hear in the video, she's stretches for it and uses the phrase hesitantly and with a question mark at the end).

Female Obama Adviser: Hillary's Rhetoric Is "Insulting" To Women 2009

Peepers and orbioles came out of hiding, called hesitantly into the silence.

Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975

Peepers and orbioles came out of hiding, called hesitantly into the silence.

Midworld Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1975

We can complain that the slow death of print journalism (and I use that word hesitantly in 2009) will lead to the end of investigation and reporting, and roll our eyes at blogs and say that they only comment and don't do actual reporting, but the captains of the print journalism industry are drunk at the wheel.

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

You said that kind of hesitantly like, could that be right?

CNN Transcript May 17, 2009 2009

You said that kind of hesitantly like, could that be right?

CNN Transcript May 16, 2009 2009

“I agree with that,” she said hesitantly, not understanding what his complaint was.

Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011