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Comparative 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.”
Comparative for subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met
“They have reached a tentative agreement to hold talks next month.”
Comparative 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.”
Comparative for not proven or substantiated
“Progress was made in preliminary studies leading toward a tentative theory on the cause and action of rock bursts.”
Comparative for serving the function of someone or something else temporarily
“As I indicated earlier, the allocation is always made on a tentative basis.”
Comparative for not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
Comparative for serving to investigate
Comparative for based on or calculated through theory or analysis
Comparative for easily anxious or frightened
Comparative for showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
Comparative for being done for purposes of assessment
Comparative for lacking in confidence, assertiveness or self-assurance
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