tentative

The definition of tentative is not definite or final.

(adjective)

An example of tentative is possible, though not definite, plans to go to the movies sometime on Friday.

See tentative in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

made, done, proposed, etc. experimentally or provisionally; not definite or final: tentative plans, a tentative explanation
indicating timidity, hesitancy, or uncertainty: a tentative caress

Origin: LL tentativus < pp. of L tentare, to touch, try: see tent

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See tentative in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin tentātīvus

Origin: , from Latin tentātus

Origin: , past participle of tentāre, to try

Origin: , variant of temptāre

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