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Grammar : Adj
Spell : wey-ver
Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ vər

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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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