Word: stammeringly
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...Royal Navy (where he was known as "Johnson") helped to set him up for the onerous business of living in the shadow of his brother's personality. Far from having David's "youthful charm and buoyancy," George was "shy and hesitant" and had a severe stammer. All Bertie had was common sense, religious faith and a Navy sense of duty...
...contrast to his despised contemporaries, Wolfe was a strange figure. Tall, thin, and quite awkward, he rarely spoke in class, and when he did it was with a shy stammer. Although his general lack of finesse was often embarrassing, Wolfe professed pride in the marked difference between himself and his classmates. He called himself "a raw Tar Heel ... with native simplicity...
...late Play-Mright Charles (The Front Page) MacArthur, young MacArthur caught the withdrawn dignity and explosive rage of a troubled teen-ager who was befriended and helped by a farm girl (Margaret O'Brien). His acting persevered over a plot that did wonders for the hero's stammer but never overcame its own. Though he won praise for his playing of The Young Stranger in the movies (TIME, Jan. 28, 1957)-which he played first on TV-Jim MacArthur's closest critic was "utterly amazed" at last week's performance. Glowed proud mother Helen Hayes...
...devious, stammer, improvise, assume
...ominous hint at the shape of things to come, he said: "I strongly warn the imperialist countries that their evil games will be reason for disturbing free navigation in the Suez Canal." Supplement to Sanctions. By week's end the Western powers had begun to do something besides stammer. Acting...