TENTATIVE


Meaning of TENTATIVE in English

■ adjective not certain or fixed; provisional.

↘hesitant.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

~ness noun

Origin

C16: from med. L. tentativus , from tentare , var. of temptare 'handle, try'.

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