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. tentatively adv. tentativeness n.

[ med.L tentativus (as TENTACLE) ]

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