All 3 Uses of
tentative
in
Main Street
- In the Bon Ton Store she found Guy Pollock tentatively buying a modest gray scarf.†
Chpt 10 *
- He had asked Harry Haydock to be tentative president.†
Chpt 29 *
- She trundled the go-cart down the back steps and tentatively wheeled it across the yard, proud of her repairs.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(tentative as in: said it tentatively) done in a careful or unsure way (indicating a lack of confidence in exactly what will happen)
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(tentative as in: a tentative plan) subject to change (likely or possibly going to change)