"tentively" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more tentively [comparative], most tentively [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English tentifly, or by surface analysis, tentive + ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tentifly}} Middle English tentifly, {{surf|en|tentive|ly|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, tentive + ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} tentively (comparative more tentively, superlative most tentively)
  1. (obsolete) attentively Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tentively-en-adv-N-DyapZt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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