tentatively

adverb

ten·ta·tive·ly ˈten-tə-tiv-lē

Synonyms of tentatively next

: with hesitancy or uncertainty : in a tentative manner

He tentatively agreed to the deal.

Sliding along beside me was a five-foot-long mako shark …. Tentatively, I touched its dorsal fin.—

Rick Riordan

Once upon a time, tech titans would tentatively suggest, "Our technology can improve your life" …—

Kentaro Toyama

The network has announced a new series, tentatively titled The Fashion Show …—

Lyndon Stambler

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The filing also details the company's ongoing legal proceedings related to water rights in Nevada, with a hearing tentatively scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. —

Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024 She was won over, tentatively, by his promise of empathy for the character. —

Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024 This year, the result is tentatively expected by tomorrow, with the caveat that thousands of provisional ballots won’t have been counted until Friday. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 In September 2022, the rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal but it was later rejected by a majority of the unions’ rank-and-file members. —

Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tentatively