indecisively
In hesitant manner
In an indecisive manner—without reaching a firm conclusion or commitment.
Someone who acts indecisively wavers between options, hesitates, or fails to choose: She stood indecisively at the crossroads, unsure which path to take.
The word often implies frustration at the lack of resolution: The committee debated indecisively for hours.
In deliberately vague manner
- noncommittallyWithout firm stance
- tornPulled into pieces
- mixedBlended from varied elements
- splitSeparation into parts
ambiguously · uncertainly · betwixt and between · of two minds · on the fence · inconclusively · irresolutely
In an unsteady manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
- warilyWith watchful caution
reluctantly · haltingly · uncertainly · nervously · apprehensively · diffidently · reservedly · unassertively
With doubt or distrust
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
- suspiciouslyWith apparent distrust
- mistrustfullyWith lack of confidence
- dubiouslyWith uncertainty or distrust
uncertainly · distrustfully · incredulously · quizzically · unsurely · hesitatingly · waveringly
Swaying between choices
- oscillatingSwinging back and forth
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
flip-flopping · see-sawing · alternating · waffling · dithering · shilly-shallying · hemming and hawing · back-and-forth
equivocally
In deliberately vague manner
- noncommittallyWithout firm stance
- tornPulled into pieces
- mixedBlended from varied elements
split · ambiguously · uncertainly · betwixt and between · of two minds · on the fence · inconclusively · irresolutely
falteringly
In an unsteady manner
- tentativelyWithout full commitment
- cautiouslyIn a guarded manner
- timidlyIn fearful, hesitant fashion
warily · reluctantly · haltingly · uncertainly · nervously · apprehensively · diffidently · reservedly · unassertively · meekly
skeptically
With doubt or distrust
- questioninglyIn a seeking-answers manner
- suspiciouslyWith apparent distrust
- mistrustfullyWith lack of confidence
dubiously · uncertainly · distrustfully · incredulously · quizzically · unsurely · hesitatingly · waveringly
vacillating
Swaying between choices
- oscillatingSwinging back and forth
- fluctuatingShifting irregularly over time
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
teetering · flip-flopping · see-sawing · alternating · waffling · dithering · shilly-shallying · hemming and hawing · back-and-forth · seesawing
indecisivelydecisively
With firm determination
resolutely · firmly · determinedly · unhesitatingly · confidently
indecisivelyconclusively
In a final, undeniable manner
decisively · definitively · unequivocally · undeniably · unambiguously