All 6 Uses

tentative
in
An Ember in the Ashes
(Edited)

Hel pokes at the mash and takes a tentative sniff.
p. 49.1 *

tentative = careful or unsure
When I smile, she offers a tentative twitch of her lips in return.
p. 176.4
When I smile tentatively at him, he gives his head a slight shake, as if clearing it.
p. 252.3

tentatively = in an unsure or hesitant manner
I lift tentative fingers to his skin.
p. 370.9

tentative = careful or unsure
I ask tentatively, covering myself once more.
p. 371.9

tentatively = in an unsure or hesitant manner
A plan forms in my head, tentative, outlandish, and mad enough that it just might work.
p. 412.3 *

tentative = subject to change (likely or possibly going to change)

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)