tentative

/ˈtentətɪv/ adjective

Definition

› not certain or agreed: The car company and the union reached a tentative agreement. a tentative deal/plan/settlement The proposals are tentative and subject to bargaining.

› said or done in a careful way because you do not know if you are right: While analysts are tentative at the moment, they remain basically optimistic. The company began last year to take tentative steps towards a flotation.

tentatively adverb › They have tentatively agreed to the proposal.

(Definition of tentative adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)