tentative


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tentative/ˈtentətɪv/
adjective not certain or fixed; provisional.

■ hesitant.

– derivatives
tentatively adverb,
tentativeness noun.
– origin C16: from med. L. tentativus, from tentare, var. of temptare ‘handle, try’.
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