halt ‧ ing /ˈhɔːltɪŋ $ ˈhɒːl-/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: halt 'to walk with difficulty' , from Old English healtian ]
if your speech or movements are halting, you stop for a moment between words or movements, especially because you are not confident SYN hesitant :
We carried on a rather halting conversation.
—haltingly adverb