All 6 Uses

tentative
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Betrayed: A House of Night Novel
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Erik laughed and tentatively touched the newly tattooed skin of my back.
Chpt 32 *

tentatively = in an unsure or hesitant manner
Glad to be diverted from having to talk about my own horrid parental issues, I looked up, smiling, at the sound of Sarah's tentative, nervous voice.†
Chpt 1
That's what Sarah told me," Diana said tentatively.†
Chpt 1
I asked tentatively.†
Chpt 1
Shaunee called tentatively from the cracked door.†
Chpt 25
Tentatively, I thought hard, trying to remember while I braced myself against the pain I was sure would come.†
Chpt 31

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)