indecisively.

With hesitation or difficulty choosing between alternatives.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• respond indecisively
• act indecisively

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He responded indecisively because the available options had different unresolved costs.

The committee acted indecisively after failing to agree on the relevant criterion.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: effect assessment, evidence qualification, conditional reasoning, method comparison. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, analytical writing. Commonness: moderately common.