falteringly

1. "What I said ain't what I meant," Martin confessed falteringly, while he made up his mind to throw himself wholly upon the other's mercy.
   我没说清楚，马丁迟疑地承认，然后下定决心把自己交给他摆布。
2. Here the child's voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human.
   这个孩子此时的声音少了镇静的口吻而是变得像成人般的忧郁支吾。
3. Falteringly she took out a match and lit it.
   踉跄她拿出火柴扑灭它。

adv

1. in an unsteady manner
   1. he walked unsteadily toward the exit
   2. The wounded soldier was swinging unsteadily on his legs

   Synonym:    unsteadilyuncertainly