tentatively
Example Sentences
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She has tentatively started another novel but has "a superstition talking about things that I haven't finished yet".
From BBC • May 22, 2026
These are generally about other people, or being embedded in the band, and rays of light are allowed to break through, if sometimes tentatively.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The film’s stars, Jackie Chan, 72, and Chris Tucker, 54, are reportedly in negotiations to reprise their roles in the new film, which is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2028.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
She chats with one heavily-tattooed man stretching in the corner, and welcomes in an older woman in heavy eyeliner who tentatively peeks inside.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Everyone stopped shucking for a moment, to watch as Ess stuck out her pointy pink tongue and touched the erster with it tentatively.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
Vocabulary lists containing tentatively
The Giver
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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A Raisin in the Sun
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