OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# to boot
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English to bote (“something added to, addition”), from Old English tō bōte (“to boot, besides, moreover”). See boot (“profit, gain, remedy”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Adverb

to boot (not comparable)
* (idiomatic, informal) In addition, besides, also.
    My boyfriend is funny, and a pretty good cook to boot.
** 1606, Caius [i.e., Gaius] Suetonius Tranquillus, “The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator”, in Philêmon Holland, transl., The Historie of Twelve Cæsars Emperours of Rome. […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes and George Snowdon] for Matthew Lownes, →OCLC, section 38, page 16:Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.

#### Synonyms

* into the bargain
* on top of that
# cosmetic
## English
### Etymology

From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kɒzˈmɛtɪk/
* (US, Canada) IPA: /kɑzˈmɛt.ɪk/, [kɑzˈmɛɾ.ɪk]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /kɔzˈmet.ɪk/, [kɔzˈmeɾ.ɪk]

### Adjective

cosmetic (comparative more cosmetic, superlative most cosmetic)
* Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion.
    Coordinate term: aesthetic
    a cosmetic preparation
** 1714, Alexander Pope, “The Rape of the Lock”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, canto I, page 127:Firſt, rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores / With head uncover'd, the coſmetic pow'rs.
* External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something.
    Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.

#### Derived terms

* anticosmetic
* biocosmetic
* cosmeceutical
* cosmetically
* cosmetic dentistry
* cosmeticise
* cosmeticism
* cosmeticize
* cosmeticky
* cosmeticology
* cosmetic second
* cosmetic surgeon
* cosmetic surgery
* dermocosmetic
* nanocosmetic
* noncosmetic

#### Related terms

* cosmesis
* cosmetics
* cosmos

#### Translations
### Noun

cosmetic (plural cosmetics)
* Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.
** 2021 February 20, Nicholas Kristof, “What Are Sperm Telling Us?”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:These endocrine disruptors are everywhere: plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, cushions, pesticides, canned foods and A.T.M. receipts. They often aren’t on labels and can be difficult to avoid.
* A feature existing only on the surface.
* An intangible influence that improves the overall perception of some thing or situation.
** 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 217:All depends upon circumstances—anger as much as any thing else. Interest is your only true cosmetic for smoothing the brow.

#### Synonyms

* (substances enhance external color or texture): beauty products, makeup, product, slap, war paint

#### Hyponyms

* (substances enhance external color or texture): See also Thesaurus:toiletry

#### Translations
### See also

* makeup

### Further reading

* “cosmetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “cosmetic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “cosmetic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cosmétique.

### Adjective

cosmetic m or n (feminine singular cosmetică, masculine plural cosmetici, feminine and neuter plural cosmetice)
* cosmetic
# κόκκος
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Pre-Greek. Potential cognates include Spanish cuesco (“stone (of fruit)”), though this is rejected by Furnee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kók.kos/ → /ˈko.kos/ → /ˈko.kos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kók.kos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈkok.kos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈko.kos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈko.kos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈko.kos/

### Noun

κόκκος • (kókkos) m (genitive κόκκου); second declension
* grain, seed, kernel
* kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
* any insect of the genus Kermes, which live on the oak.
* scarlet dye made from the crushed bodies of the kermes bugs
* scarletberry, bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
* the colour scarlet
* testicle

#### Derived terms

* κόκκᾰλος (kókkălos)
* κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos)
* κοκκοθραύστης (kokkothraústēs)

#### Descendants

* Greek: κόκκος (kókkos)
* → Latin: coccum (see there for further descendants)
* →? Albanian: kokë

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733

### Further reading

* “κόκκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “κόκκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* κόκκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* G2848 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* κόκκος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

### Noun

κόκκος • (kókkos) m (plural κόκκοι)
* speck, grain, particle

#### Related terms

* στρεπτόκοκκος m (streptókokkos, “streptococcus”)
# Kai Ken
## English
### Etymology

Named after Kai Province, where the breed is said to have originated; + Japanese 犬 (ken, “dog”).

### Noun

Kai Ken (plural Kai Kens)
* A dog of a rare Japanese breed with a wedge-shaped head and prick ears.

### Further reading

* Kai Ken on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# hyperschematia
## English
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Noun

hyperschematia (uncountable)
* A left-sided disproportionate expansion of drawings when copying or recalling from memory.
# double-ended
## English
### Adjective

double-ended (not comparable)
* Having two ends.
    This double-ended arrow appears to point in two directions.
    We created a computer version of the card game using a double-ended queue.
** 1960 February, A. S. Gillitt, “The operation and maintenance of Belgian main line diesels”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87:Now it consists of a large double-ended straight shed, divided across the middle by workshops and offices; one end is concerned solely with steam locomotives and the other with diesel locomotives and railcars.
* (rail transport, of a train) Having a locomotive at each end.
* (rail transport, of a multiple unit, or diesel or electric locomotive) Having a driving cab at each end.
** 1961 May, B. A. Haresnape, “Design on the railway: Part Three”, in Trains Illustrated, page 303:British locomotives, like most European ones, are double-ended, general purpose machines, intended to be suitable for a variety of duties, and on occasion to work in multiple with each other.
* (rail transport, of a train or multiple unit) Having a driver at each end.

#### Derived terms

* double-ended dildo

#### See also

* (rail transport: having a driver at each end): step back

### Verb

double-ended
* simple past and past participle of double-end
# Днепродзержинск
## Russian
### Etymology

Днепр (Dnepr, “Dnieper”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ Дзержи́нск(ий) (Dzeržínsk(ij), “Felix Dzerzhinsky”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [dʲnʲɪprəd͡zʲzʲɪrˈʐɨnsk]

### Proper noun

Днепродзержи́нск • (Dneprodzeržínsk) m inan (genitive Днепродзержи́нска)
* Former name of Каменское (Kamenskoje, “Dniprodzerzhynsk”).

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Днепродзержинск on the Russian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{ru}$
# nordoriente
## Esperanto
### Etymology

From nordoriento +‎ -e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nordoriˈente]
* Rhymes: -ente
* Hyphenation: nord‧o‧ri‧en‧te

### Adverb

nordoriente
* northeasterly
# Ximenia americana
## Translingual
### Proper noun

Ximenia americana f
* A shrub of the wet tropics, widely distributed, not cultivated, but with a variety of uses (mountain plum, small sour plum, false sandalwood, tallownut, tallowwood, yellow plum, sea lemon)
** A taxonomic species within the family Olacaceae.
** A taxonomic species within the family Ximeniaceae.

#### Hypernyms

* (species): Santalales – order; Olacaceae or Ximeniaceae – family; Ximenia – genus

#### Translations
### References

* Ximenia americana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Ximenia americana on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Ximenia americana on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Ximenia americana at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Ximenia americana at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Ximenia americana available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
* Ximenia americana at USDA Plants database
* Ximenia americana at Tropicos
* Ximenia americana at Germplasm Resources Information Network
* Ximenia americana at Plants of the World Online
# alloacusis
## English
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs an audio pronunciation. If you are a native speaker with a microphone, please record this word. The recorded pronunciation will appear here when it's ready.

### Noun

alloacusis (uncountable)
* A symptom of hemispatial neglect characterized by the mislocalization of auditory stimuli.
# emotional pivot
## English
### Noun

emotional pivot (plural emotional pivots)
* (advertising) one of four archetypal dramatic structures of commercials characterized by the ad’s deliberate use of negative emotions early in the ad to establish dramatic tension which allows the brand to resolve the negative situation and appear the hero or star at the end.
    IBM utilized the dramatic structure known as emotional pivot in their ads about a company needing to cut costs and IBM products being the solution.
* (advertising) a narrative structure used in commercials known as “star-type” advertising.

### See also

* advertising
* dramatic structure
* positive transition
* sustained emotion
# houghany
## Yola
### Etymology

Possibly from Middle English hough (“heel”) + -an (“diminutive suffix, from Irish -án”) + -y (“adjective suffix”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːɡəˈniː/

### Adjective

houghany
* vulgar, stupid
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Houghany set.Stupid set.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 47
# nuntempa
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nunˈtempa]
* Rhymes: -empa
* Hyphenation: nun‧tem‧pa

### Adjective

nuntempa (accusative singular nuntempan, plural nuntempaj, accusative plural nuntempajn)
* current
# ձույլ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձոյլ (joyl).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /d͡zujl/, [d͡zujl]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /t͡sujl/, [t͡sʰujl]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Adjective

ձույլ • (juyl) (traditional orthography spelling ձոյլ)
* cast, smelted, founded

#### Declension
### Noun

ձույլ • (juyl) (traditional orthography spelling ձոյլ)
* ingot
# unadapt
## English
### Etymology

From un- +‎ adapt.

### Verb

unadapt (third-person singular simple present unadapts, present participle unadapting, simple past and past participle unadapted)
* (transitive, intransitive) To undo the process of adaptation; to revert or restore to an original form.
** 2015, Joe McElhaney, A Companion to Fritz Lang, page 189:It seems clear that instead of simply adapting Das Nibelungenlied, Lang and von Harbou were seeking to unadapt it from Wagner by treating the rhetorical and presentational strategies of the Ring operas as encrustations […]
** 2017, Michael Alvear, The Bulletproof Author:Cultivating it on a regular basis improves our attitude towards writing and makes us more resilient. But in order to make it work we have to 'unadapt' to the habituation that familiarity can bring, […]
# Huchen
## German
### Etymology

From late Middle High German huchen, of unclear origin. Diebold argues that it must be an early or pre-Proto-Indo-European substrate borrowing (anywhere from the eastern Pontic to the western Kirghiz steppes) and compares other fish of uncertain origin like salmon and char.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Huchen m (strong, genitive Huchens, plural Huchen)
* huchen, Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
    Synonyms: Donaulachs, Rotfisch

#### Descendants

* → English: huchen
* → New Latin: Hucho

### References

* ↑ Bryant, E. (2003). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture: The Indo-Aryan Migration Debate. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 322

### Further reading

* “Huchen” in Duden online
# hemispatial neglect
## English
### Noun

hemispatial neglect (uncountable)
* (medicine) an inability to pay attention to sensory stimuli to one side of the body's awareness zone, as a result of damage to the parietal lobe on the right or left side of the brain, often as a result of a stroke.
# erotolalia
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek, ἐρωτο- (erōto-, “erotic”), and λαλία (lalía); a term used, e.g., in Legman's Oragenitalism, where it is distinguished from coprolalia (“talking dirty”).

### Noun

erotolalia (uncountable)
* Erotic speech.
    Erotolalia is commonly used during sexual intercourse.

### References

* Liddell & Scott: Greek-English Lexicon.
* Gershon Legman: Oragenitalism. New York : Julian Press, 1969, p. 232
# terranium
## English
### Etymology

From terran +‎ -ium.

### Noun

terranium (countable and uncountable, plural terraniums)
* A (fictional) element, especially a metal.
** 2002, Mack Maloney, The Fourth Empire, Speaking Volumes, →ISBN, page 88:They were built of terranium, a superhard metallic material that had the ability to feed on the earthy crust, making it amenable to growing fauna.
** 2013, Stuart Bell, Donald McGillivray, Ole Pedersen, Environmental Law, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 267:How might an environmental regulatory system operate in order to control the risks associated with terranium? What standards might be applied and what regulatory instruments used? What further information about terranium would you want ...?
** 2018, Kass Morgan, Light Years, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN:It also happened to be rich in terranium, the metal that was once used to build the vast majority of the buildings on Tri. A hundred years ago, mine owners and metal exporters from Tri had come to Deva eager to stake their claim.
* (nonstandard) A terrarium.
** 1909 September, B. H. Crocheron, "Hints for Neighborhood Co-operation", in "The Rural School", in the Atlantic Educational Journal, volume 5,, page 23:
    Build a terranium, if you wish. That is, let the boys build it. Don't do the work yourself, for half the interest is in making the thing. Have the boys bring an old berry crate; cut out the slats and take off the top; cover it with fine wire netting […] Put in one or two small plants or shrubs for landscape effect and the terranium is ready. […] Begin on that terranium. […]
** 1967, William George Bruce, William Conrad Bruce, The American School Board Journal:A terranium which has a bog environment contains various species of snakes, frogs, turtles and salamanders and a bio-temperature incubator where such variables as temperature and humidity may be controlled for experiments.

### References

* 2017, Nik Southern, How Not To Kill Your Plants, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN:Let's get one thing straight before we start though: they [terrariums] are not called 'terraniums', repeat not 'terraniums' – at least 8/10 people call them that! At Grace & Thorn we hold Terrarium Tuesdays, but now you can make one on any day of the week!
# okazplena
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [okazˈplena]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Hyphenation: o‧kaz‧ple‧na

### Adjective

okazplena (accusative singular okazplenan, plural okazplenaj, accusative plural okazplenajn)
* eventful

#### Derived terms

* okazpleneco
# Featherston
## English
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Featherston (countable and uncountable, plural Featherstons)
* A surname.
* A town in South Wairarapa district, Wellington region, New Zealand.

### See also

* South Wairarapa District on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Feather
* Featherstone
* Featherstown
* Featherton
* Feathertown

### References

* ↑ NZ Topo Map
# sverti
## Faroese
### Verb

sverti
* first-person singular present of sverta

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, hanging”); cognate with Proto-Germanic *swēraz (“heavy; serious”).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

sver̃ti (third-person present tense svẽria, third-person past tense svė́rė)
* (transitive) to weigh (an object, etc.)
* to hang (something) on a pole to dry
* (intransitive) to weigh, to have weight

#### Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* svìrtis (“lever”)

### References

* ↑ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sver̃ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 618-9
# Soliera
## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Soliera f
* A town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

### Proper noun

Soliera m or f by sense
* a habitational surname

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025
# deia
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dei̯a/, [d̪e̞i̯.a]

### Noun

deia
* absolutive singular of dei

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* deya (obsolete)

### Verb

deia
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of dir

## Lindu
### Noun

deia
* pimple

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin dea.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛj.ɐ/ [ˈdɛɪ̯.ɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛj.ɐ/ [ˈdɛɪ̯.ɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈdɛj.a/ [ˈdɛɪ̯.a]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɐj.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdɐj.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdej.ɐ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈdej.ɐ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈde.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: dei‧a

### Noun

deia f (plural deias)
* (poetic) goddess

### References

* ↑ “deia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
# find out the hard way
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

find out the hard way (third-person singular simple present finds out the hard way, present participle finding out the hard way, simple past and past participle found out the hard way)
* To acquire knowledge through failure or any other undesirable experience.
    I don't know how well seatbelts protect you, but I certainly don't want to find out the hard way, so I use them either way.
    You can't assume that someone else will call an ambulance. I learnt that the hard way after crashing my bike.

#### Synonyms

* learn the hard way

### See also

* fuck around and find out
# Tabid
## English
### Proper noun

Tabid
* A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: 50th District, Aguada, Bacolod, Bagakay, Balintawak, Banadero, Baybay San Roque, Baybay Santa Cruz, Baybay Triunfo, Bongbong, Calabayan, Capucao C., Capucao P., Carangan, Carmen, Catadman-Manabay, Cavinte, Cogon, Dalapang, Diguan, Dimaluna, Doña Consuelo, Embargo, Gala, Gango, Gotokan Daku, Gotokan Diot, Guimad, Guingona, Kinuman Norte, Kinuman Sur, Labinay, Labo, Lam-an, Liposong, Litapan, Malaubang, Manaka, Maningcol, Mentering, Molicay, Pantaon, Pulot, San Antonio, Sangay Daku, Sangay Diot, Sinuza, Stimson Abordo, Tabid, Tinago, Trigos — barangays of Ozamiz
# Yağmur
## Turkish
### Etymology

From yağmur (“rain”), from Ottoman Turkish یاغمور (yağmur, “rain”).

### Proper noun

Yağmur
* a unisex given name
# pq
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* pk

### Adverb

pq (Internet slang, text messaging)
* Abbreviation of perquè.
* Abbreviation of per què.

## Portuguese
### Adverb

pq (not comparable)
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porque (“why”).
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porquê (“why”).
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of por que (“by what”).
* (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of por que (“why”).
* (Brazil, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of por quê (“why”).

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pq.

### Noun

pq m (plural pqs)
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porquê (“reason”).

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pq.

### Conjunction

pq
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porque (“because”).

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pq.

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* pk

### Adverb

pq
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of por qué (“why”).

### Conjunction

pq
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of porque (“because”).
# Barson
## English
### Etymology

Patronymic surname from a short form of Bartholomew +‎ -son.

### Proper noun

Barson (plural Barsons)
* A surname originating as a patronymic.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Barson is the 41100th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 530 individuals. Barson is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107.
# translatability
## English
### Etymology

From translatable +‎ -ity.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

translatability (usually uncountable, plural translatabilities)
* The quality or property of being translatable; ability to be translated.
** (translation studies) The capacity of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing fundamental change.

#### Synonyms

* translatableness

#### Antonyms

* intranslatability
* untranslatability
* untranslatableness
# haltingly
## English
### Etymology

From halting +‎ -ly.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Adverb

haltingly (comparative more haltingly, superlative most haltingly)
* In a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.
    He spoke haltingly of his battle with cancer and its affect on his family.
    I just learned how to read Korean this summer and am still new to the language, so I still read and pronounce the words haltingly when I try to read a sentence in Korean. I take over a minute, whereas one with an excellent command of the Korean language would take 12.5 seconds.
** 2024 July 12, Linda Feldmann, “Biden is on a knife’s edge: Can he hang on?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:Mr. Biden’s core supporters expressed confidence in his performance, in which he spoke knowledgeably, if haltingly, about foreign policy after hosting a summit of NATO leaders in Washington.