"tentatively" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈtɛntətɪvli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tentatively.wav Forms: more tentatively [comparative], most tentatively [superlative]
Etymology: From tentative + -ly. Etymology templates: {{af|en|tentative|-ly|id2=adverbial}} tentative + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} tentatively (comparative more tentatively, superlative most tentatively)
  1. Of, or having to do with being tentative. Translations (of, or having to do with being tentative): колебливо (koleblivo) (Bulgarian), неуверено (neuvereno) (Bulgarian), alustavasti (Finnish), expérimentalement (French), versuchsweise (German), vorläufig (German), próbaképpen (Hungarian), kísérletképpen (Hungarian), óvatosan (Hungarian), puhatolózva (Hungarian), tentativamente (Italian), sensim (Latin), экспериментально (eksperimentalʹno) (Russian), пробно (probno) (Russian), неуверенно (neuverenno) (Russian), preliminärt (Swedish), нерішуче (nerišuče) (Ukrainian), невпевнено (nevpevneno) (Ukrainian), попередньо (poperednʹo) (Ukrainian), орієнтовно (orijentovno) (Ukrainian)
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
          "word": "versuchsweise"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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          "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "alustavasti"
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "expérimentalement"
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "versuchsweise"
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "vorläufig"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "kísérletképpen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "óvatosan"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "puhatolózva"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "tentativamente"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "sensim"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eksperimentalʹno",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "экспериментально"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "probno",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "пробно"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neuverenno",
      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
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      "sense": "of, or having to do with being tentative",
      "word": "preliminärt"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "orijentovno",
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