How to Spell tentative
tentative
tentative - adjective
- Not fully worked out or developed
- Hesitant, uncertain
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"tentative plans"
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin tentātīvus "as a trial, experimental, provisional," from Latin temptātus, tentātus, past participle of temptāre, tentāre "to feel, test, examine" + īvus -ive
Word family
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