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   Wavering

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   adjective

   • 1. moving in a quivering way; flickering: "a wavering flame"
   • 2. becoming weaker; faltering: "she gave a wavering smile"
   • ▪ undecided between two opinions or courses of action: "the move brought back wavering voters"

   Derivatives

   • 1. waveringly adverb

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   What does wavering mean?

   • Should they have to engage in a struggle for these, let their efforts be made without hesitation or wavering. Wavering definition: fluttering, swaying to and fro, tottering, or reeling. See examples of WAVERING used in a sentence.

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   What is the meaning of waver?

   • waver between (someone and someone else) to vacillate between choosing one person or another. to vacillate between choosing one thing and another; to linger indecisively between doing one thing or another. an exhibitionist.

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   What are some examples of wavers?

   • Foliage wavers in the breeze. A distant beam wavered and then disappeared. When she heard the news her courage wavered. Her voice wavered. He wavered in his determination. Prices wavered. The earth quaked and the tower wavered. an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating. Election time brings out the wavers of flags and haranguers of mobs.

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   • Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! WAVERING definition: 1. losing strength, determination, or purpose, especially temporarily: 2. unable to decide which…. Learn more.

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   Waver means to vacillate irresolutely between choices, to weave or sway unsteadily, or to hesitate as if about to give way. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases of waver.

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   Wavering means losing strength, determination, or purpose, or unable to decide which of two possibilities to choose. See how to use wavering in sentences and learn related words and phrases.

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   noun. the act or condition of becoming unsteady, vacillating, faltering, or fluctuating: Any wavering of attention is very likely to result in an error. the act or condition of flickering, swaying, tottering, or fluttering: There was a wavering in the cracked screen. the act or condition of shaking or trembling, as the hands or voice:

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   Wavering means moving unsteadily back and forth, or exhibiting indecision or uncertainty. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of wavering in different languages.

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   Waver means to lose strength, determination, or purpose, or to have difficulty deciding between two possibilities. Learn how to use waver in a sentence, see related words and phrases, and find translations in different languages.

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   Waver, fluctuate, vacillate refer to an alternation or hesitation between one direction and another. Waver means to hesitate between choices: to waver between two courses of action.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and examples of the verb waver, which means to be or become weak or unsteady, or to hesitate and be unable to make a decision. See also synonyms and word origin of waver.