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tentative
adjective /ˈten.tə.tɪv/
/-t̬ə.ɪv/ Definition
› (of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right: I have made tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July.UncertaintyHesitatingAchievable tentatively
/-li/ adverb › If you do or say something tentatively, you do or say it in an uncertain way.Doubt and ambivalenceHesitating tentativeness
/-nəs/ noun [U] Doubt and ambivalenceHesitating
(Definition of tentative adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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