All 5 Uses

tentative
in
The Girl Who Played with Fire
(Edited)

Tentative plans for the next issue were outlined, and decisions about the content of the magazine were made for several months in advance.
Part 2 *

tentative = subject to change (possibly going to change)
She was pleased with the bedroom and sat down tentatively on the Hemnes bedstead to test the mattress.
Part 2

tentatively = in an unsure manner (indicating a lack of confidence in exactly what will happen)
In an aside Svensson mentioned that he had some tentative ideas about an Eastern European gangster named Zala who might get a chapter all to himself—but acknowledged that there was not much time till the deadline.
Part 2

tentative = unsure
Paolo Roberto had not become a world-famous boxer by being tentative in the ring.
Part 4 *

tentative = cautious
He wiped his eyes with one hand and tentatively felt his nose.
Part 4

tentatively = cautiously

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)