Synonyms for tentative

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ten-tuh-tiv

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛn tə tɪv

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Définition of tentative

Origin : 1580s, from Medieval Latin tentativus "trying, testing," from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare "to feel, try," (variant of temptare "to feel, try, test"). Related: Tentatively.

adj conditional, experimental
adj indefinite, uncertain

Example sentences :

"Porter tells me Lucretia is good business," said Danby, in a tentative tone.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

At length the most daring of the "patriots" emitted a tentative hiss.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

Then he took a tentative step and lifted his hand from its support.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

As his words are few and his manner reticent and tentative, so must the style of his interpreter be.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Then he broke in upon the tentative conversation which follows an introduction.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

She offered him this assurance with a tentative smile, into which he gazed moodily.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

A tentative, uncertain intimacy was springing up between us two.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

The tentative period was over; all our arrangements had been perfected.
Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Perhaps a tentative solution is all that is possible in the present stage of our knowledge.
Extract from : « John Lyly » by John Dover Wilson

She had understood her father's wistful looks and tentative speeches.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

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