adv
Meaning 1
In a tentative manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tentatively
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtɛntətɪvli/
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CMU ARPABET: T EH1 N T AH0 T IH0 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: T EH1 N T AH0 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a tentative manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we agreed tentatively on a dinner date
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English tentative Middle English -ly English -ly English tentatively From tentative + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: колебливо (koleblivo) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Bulgarian: неуверено (neuvereno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Finnish: alustavasti — of, or having to do with being tentative
- French: expérimentalement — of, or having to do with being tentative
- German: versuchsweise — of, or having to do with being tentative
- German: vorläufig — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Hungarian: próbaképpen — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Hungarian: kísérletképpen — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Hungarian: óvatosan — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Hungarian: puhatolózva — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Italian: tentativamente — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Latin: sensim — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Russian: экспериментально (eksperimentalʹno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Russian: пробно (probno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Russian: неуверенно (neuverenno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Swedish: preliminärt — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Ukrainian: нерішуче (nerišuče) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Ukrainian: невпевнено (nevpevneno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Ukrainian: попередньо (poperednʹo) — of, or having to do with being tentative
- Ukrainian: орієнтовно (orijentovno) — of, or having to do with being tentative
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