Definition of Tentatively

1. Adverb. In a tentative manner. "We agreed tentatively on a dinner date"

Partainyms: Tentative

Definition of Tentatively

1. Adverb. Of, or having to do with being tentative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tentatively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tentatively

tentaculated
tentaculifera
tentaculiferous
tentaculiform
tentaculite
tentaculites
tentaculocyst
tentaculocysts
tentaculum
tentage
tentages
tentation
tentative
tentative wound
tentative wounds
tentatively
tentativeness
tentativenesses
tentatives
tented
tenten
tentens
tenter
tentered
tenterhook
tenterhooks
tentering
tenters
tentful
tentfuls

Literary usage of Tentatively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In his Dialogues concerning Natural Religion he puts forwards tentatively, in the person of one of his interlocutors, the ancient hypothesis that since the ..."

2. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1914)
"Maryland Commission—Tax assessment of easements in streets tentatively included. 1405. Massachusetts Gas and Electric Light Commission. —-1406. ..."

3. Valuation of Public Service Corporations: Legal and Economic Phases of by Robert Harvey Whitten (1914)
"Maryland Commission—Tax assessment of easements in streets tentatively included. 1405. Massachusetts Gas and Electric Light Commission. 1406. ..."

4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1893)
"Many scholars who have long studied the Synoptic problem, and who have accepted the theory tentatively, have found it most elucidating; and while it does ..."

5. Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards (1993)
"This will be addressed in a future FEMA publication tentatively entitled "Handbook for Establishing Priorities for ..."

6. Federal Income Tax Problems --1922 by Emerson Emanuel Rossmoore (1922)
"... determined the correct invested capital. The net income was also adjusted, $750000 being tentatively allowed as a deduction on accounts of depletion. ..."

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