tentative

Converse of object

• look: She looks a little tentative, but oddly eager.

Adjective modifier

• little: Anyone with experience of upmarket hotels may feel a little tentative pulling the desk away from the wall.

Modifies a noun

• conclusion: Test Cases Let me try to draw some tentative conclusions about recent events.
• foray: York's first tentative foray into the world of Japanese cuisine.
• suggestion: I want to make some tentative suggestions for change.
• hypothesis: The tentative hypothesis is that the prospect of taking an exam is more stressful than the exam itself.
• step: CPA was the first tentative step on the last front.
• toe: Have you yet to dip a tentative toe into the surfing sea of life?

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: This in mind, ones conclusions must be treated as somewhat tentative and contingent.
• rather: Taylor is candid about the fact that some of the best theories we have at present are rather tentative.
• necessarily: The study described its findings as ' necessarily tentative ' because of major information gaps.
• too: Tutors can be too tentative or not ' visible ' enough in discussions.
• highly: The " descent " reference is highly tentative, too.
• very: These are large questions; comment can only be very tentative.

Noun used with modifier

• bit: I must admit to being a bit tentative with these kinds of claims.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: However, her commitment to Italian ecclesiastical initiatives remained tentative.
• seem: Here the violinist occasionally seems tentative, not quite the match of the gutsy pianist.
• regard: NOTE: As with all Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd itineraries, the above should be regarded as tentative.
• look: Hiden, Sharpe, Harte, Kewell looked tentative out wide at best.
• become: Katri Saavalainen somehow became tentative at this point, handing over free balls to Cardiff Ladies.