Verb (used without object) : Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to falter an apology. From Dictionary.com.
"They're not the same," she whispered falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Rekindled]
"Your cattle?" added Professor Wright, falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
'Perhaps you know best, Gren,' she said falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
"If I had another chance ..." she began falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [CREATED HE THEM] Reference
"I-- I'd rather not," replied the voice falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
"And if it is upsetting you?" said Simon falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Consultant Care]
She met the look steadily at first, then falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
She spoke falteringly, and concluded with a heavy sigh. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Man] Reference
"Don't -- don't you like him?" she inquired falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Heiress of Wyvern Court] Reference
Love went falteringly, deliciously differently from there. From Wordnik.com. [2010 May « Ken Wilson's Blog] Reference
Or, the masturbation experiment was falteringly successful. From Wordnik.com. [Not quite so broken as I thought. « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
"If you please, sir, I want my dog," said Ruth falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
The policeman was greatly disturbed, and spoke falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
"It is manifestly theirs," said he falteringly, for he dreaded. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
"I don't know what you can think of me," she said falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
The compere encouraged him and, if falteringly, Bishop was off. From Wordnik.com. [John Bishop: Where did it all go right?] Reference
Roald was by her side when she falteringly opened a single eye. From Wordnik.com. [Storyteller] Reference
"But how shall I get my papairs back?" asked Inez, falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar] Reference
"Well, I wouldn't want to be indiscreet," she began falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Consultant Care]
"Oh, Captain Ringwood, pray be careful!" cries Dora falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
My heart sank, as I said falteringly, "I will pay you to-morrow.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Her lips moved slowly and a faint sound came falteringly from them. From Wordnik.com. [The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner] Reference
I rose falteringly, and asked in feeble accents, -- 'Is it you, Evelyn?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Then she said falteringly, "I think they wish to be as we do.". From Wordnik.com. [Sandra Belloni — Complete] Reference
Then, as she became conscious of his astonishment, added falteringly. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Hollow] Reference
They bowed over Miss Drusilla's hand, which was falteringly extended. From Wordnik.com. [Drusilla with a Million] Reference
In a vain endeavour to regain her confidence, she falteringly remarked. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Hollow] Reference
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