tentatively

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Synonyms for tentatively

adv experimentally

Antonyms for tentatively

More words related to tentatively

conditionally

adverb. provisionally

doubtfully

adverb. skeptically

Word Origin & History

1580s, from Medieval Latin tentativus "trying, testing," from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare "to feel, try," (variant of temptare "to feel, try, test"). Related: Tentatively.

Example Sentences for tentatively

They half circled about each other, tentatively, snarling and bristling.

"They might have deserted her for her insurance," suggested Madden tentatively.

"Perhaps I don't quite follow your meaning," commented the other tentatively.

"Your stake's pretty big, already," commented Thorpe, tentatively.

"But perhaps I'd better come in another day," he suggested, tentatively.

"I suppose it's no use asking you where you are going," said Almayer, tentatively.

Then, tentatively: "But he could be brought to trust you, couldn't he?"

"He might ha' done that, to be sure," said Joseph, tentatively.

"I have wondered often why you never married again," he remarked, tentatively.

Tentatively he pulled at the container cover, it was as firm as if it had been welded on.