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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wey-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ vər |
Definition of wavering
Origin :- late 13c., weyveren, "to show indecision," probably related to Old English wæfre "restless, wavering," from Proto-Germanic *wæbraz (cf. Middle High German wabern "to waver," Old Norse vafra "to hover about"), a frequentative form from the root of wave (v.). Related: Wavered; wavering.
- adj vacillant
- adj uncertain
- He confirmed his friends in their confidence, fixed the wavering, and gratified all.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Hetty's eyes were fixed on his now, with no wavering in their gaze.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Only her husband's earnest remonstrances decided her wavering will.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Yet hitherto our star has been a vacillating and wavering star?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Wavering faith, in its chosen determining principles, is confirmed.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- "But that man is not Karl Armstadt," cried Katrina in a wavering voice.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- I saw the feeble fools were wavering, and, to save all, made a leap in the dark.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- Even Will be Will seemed to be wavering in his allegiance to Diabolus.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- The prince's decision was definite, and as his character was, there was no wavering.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- Edward hung at the door, wavering; the suggestion had unhallowed charms.
- Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame
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