transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈten-tə-tiv ]
adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin tentativus, from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare, temptare to feel, try
Date: 1626
1. : not fully worked out or developed
tentative plans
2. : hesitant , uncertain
a tentative smile
• tentative noun
• ten·ta·tive·ly adverb
• ten·ta·tive·ness noun