| inflectional | | |
| adj. | 1. inflectional | characterized by inflections indicating grammatical distinctions.; "inflectional morphology is used to indicate number and case and tense and person etc." |
| waver | | |
| n. (person) | 1. waver | someone who communicates by waving. |
| ~ communicator | a person who communicates with others. |
| n. (act) | 2. falter, faltering, hesitation, waver | the act of pausing uncertainly.; "there was a hesitation in his speech" |
| ~ pause | temporary inactivity. |
| n. (act) | 3. flicker, flutter, waver | the act of moving back and forth. |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| v. (stative) | 4. hesitate, waffle, waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| ~ doubt | lack confidence in or have doubts about.; "I doubt these reports"; "I suspect her true motives"; "she distrusts her stepmother" |
| ~ dwell on, linger over | delay. |
| ~ boggle | hesitate when confronted with a problem, or when in doubt or fear. |
| ~ hover, linger | move to and fro.; "The shy student lingered in the corner" |
| ~ hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" |
| ~ falter, waver | be unsure or weak.; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" |
| v. (stative) | 5. falter, waver | be unsure or weak.; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" |
| ~ hesitate, waffle, waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| v. (motion) | 6. falter, waver | move hesitatingly, as if about to give way. |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 7. fluctuate, vacillate, waver | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.; "the line on the monitor vacillated" |
| ~ swing | alternate dramatically between high and low values.; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" |
| ~ fluctuate | cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern. |
| v. (motion) | 8. flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver, waver | move back and forth very rapidly.; "the candle flickered" |
| ~ move back and forth | move in one direction and then into the opposite direction. |
| v. (motion) | 9. waver, weave | sway to and fro. |
| ~ sway, swing | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner.; "He swung back" |
| v. (communication) | 10. quaver, waver | give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency. |
| ~ vocalize, voice, vocalise, sound | utter with vibrating vocal chords. |
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