TENTATIVE


Meaning of TENTATIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. done by way of trial, experimental.

2 hesitant, not definite (tentative suggestion; tentative acceptance).

--n. an experimental proposal or theory.

Derivatives:

tentatively adv. tentativeness n.

Etymology: med.L tentativus (as TENTACLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.