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Superlative for hesitant, uncertain, or cautious in manner or approach
“It was just about 12 years ago that I sat on my living room floor, watching Natalie take her first tentative steps.”
Superlative for subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met
“They have reached a tentative agreement to hold talks next month.”
Superlative for serving as a trial or being experimental in nature
“The complexities of designing are dealt with by using a tentative solution as a rapid means of exploring the situation that the design is to fit.”
Superlative for not proven or substantiated
“Progress was made in preliminary studies leading toward a tentative theory on the cause and action of rock bursts.”
Superlative for serving the function of someone or something else temporarily
“As I indicated earlier, the allocation is always made on a tentative basis.”
Superlative for not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
Superlative for serving to investigate
Superlative for based on or calculated through theory or analysis
Superlative for easily anxious or frightened
Superlative for showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
Superlative for being done for purposes of assessment
Superlative for lacking in confidence, assertiveness or self-assurance
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