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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf F. tentatif
See {Tempt}.]
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying;
experimental. ``A slow, tentative manner.'' --Carlyle. --
{Ten*ta"tive*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tentatively
adv : in a tentative manner; "we agreed tentatively on a dinner
date"
more about tentatively
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