6
hesitatingly(adverb, tentatively, indecisively)
6
indecisively(adverb, uncertainly, irresolutely, tentatively)
5
apprehensively
5
tentatively(adverb, delicately, uncertainly, cautiously, fearfully)
4
irresolutely(adverb, uncertainly, irresolutely, tentatively, indecisively)
4
uncertainly(adverb, doubtfully, irresolutely, timidly, tentatively)
3
ambivalently(adverb, irresolutely)
3
doubtfully(adverb, tentatively, indecisively)
3
haltingly
3
shyly(adverb, anxiously, fearfully, irresolutely, nervously)
3
timidly(adverb, carefully, delicately, anxiously, cautiously)
3
unwillingly(adverb, irresolutely)
2
capriciously(adverb, irresolutely)
2
distrustfully(adverb, tentatively, indecisively)
2
dubiously(adverb, tentatively, indecisively)
2
falteringly(adverb, timidly)
2
fearfully
2
infirmly(adverb, irresolutely)
2
nervously
2
reluctantly
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