adverb
cūnctanter
cūnctanter (comparative cūnctantius, superlative cūnctantissimē, adjective cūnctāns)
Classical[kuːŋkˈtan.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[kuŋkˈtan.ter]
Meaning
- hesitantly, slowly
- stubbornly
- reluctantly
cunctanter (cont-), adv., v. cunctor, P. a., 2.
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cunctanter adv. with comp.
cunctor, slowly, with delay, L., Ta.: venia data cunctantius, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin cūnctanter From cūnctāns (“to delay; to hesitate”) + -ter.