Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tentatively"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tentative \Ten*ta"tive\, a. [L. tentare to try: cf. F. tentatif.
See {Tempt}.]
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying;
experimental. ``A slow, tentative manner.'' --Carlyle. --
{Ten*ta"tive*ly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tentatively
adv : in a tentative manner; "we agreed tentatively on a dinner
date"


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