つかえつかえ

expression, adverb

haltingly; stutteringly

Describes speech that is hesitant, broken, or full of pauses, often due to nervousness or lack of fluency.

• 緊きん張ちょうして、スピーチをつかえつかえ話はなしてしまった。

  I was so nervous that I gave the speech haltingly.

• 彼かれはつかえつかえと事じ情じょうを説せつ明めいした。

  He explained the situation stutteringly.