All 5 Uses

tentative
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He waved at me, and I waved back, tentatively,
Chpt 5 *

tentatively = uncertainly -- indicating a lack of confidence
I put down the vegetable peeler I was holding, then moved tentatively across the room.†
Chpt 3
I asked her as she pulled a spoon out of the drawer by the stove and stuck it into the pasta sauce, stirring it tentatively.†
Chpt 10
Something about him unsettled me to a point where I felt so tentative that for some reason I compensated by being entirely too open.†
Chpt 13
Again, I felt it: this tentative, careful peace between my sisters-not exactly flimsy, but not set in stone, either.†
Chpt 16

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)