tentativeness

Variant of tentative

tentative definition

ten·ta·tive (ten′tə tiv)

adjective

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

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

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