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 4tentative = 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 9tentative = cautious
- At odd moments there were tentative rushes of warmth and they both understood and backed away.
Chpt 10tentative = unsure
- "You're from the House of Azur, then?" she asked tentatively.
Chpt 27tentatively = 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 32tentative = careful or unsure
Definitions:
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(1)
(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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(2)
(tentative as in: a tentative plan) subject to change (likely or possibly going to change)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)