All 7 Uses

tentative
in
The Bourne Identity
(Edited)

A baby was screaming in its mother's arms; other children whimpered, swallowing cries of fear as parents smiled with tentative reassurances they did not feel.
Chpt 4

tentative = unsure
It was the pre-evening hour during an international conference, a thousand tentative plans being made, rank and courtesan separated by glances of approval and rebuke, odd groupings everywhere.
Chpt 5 *

tentative = subject to change (possibly going to change)
Marie allowed herself a tentative smile.
Chpt 9

tentative = cautious
At odd moments there were tentative rushes of warmth and they both understood and backed away.
Chpt 10

tentative = unsure
"You're from the House of Azur, then?" she asked tentatively.
Chpt 27

tentatively = in a hesitant, unsure manner
He started tentatively to the left; the elevator had been on his left when he had driven the car up several days ago.
Chpt 32 *

tentatively = in an unsure manner
The man turned toward the gate, taking a tentative step as though he might have heard something, and for the first time Bourne saw the cane, observed the limp.
Chpt 32

tentative = careful or unsure

Definitions:

(1) (tentative as in: said it tentatively)
done in a careful or unsure way (indicating a lack of confidence in exactly what will happen)
(2) (tentative as in: a tentative plan)
subject to change (likely or possibly going to change)
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)