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tentatively, adv.|ˈtɛntətɪvlɪ| [f. tentative a. + -ly2.] In a tentative manner; by way of trial or experiment; experimentally.
1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 7 But to put the case, and..to proceede tentatiuely, and discoursiuely, as the foresaid schoolemen vse to call it. 1637Jackson 3rd Serm. Jer. xxvi. 19 Wks. 1844 VI. 95 He said it solemnly and publicly, not tentatively or by way of trial only. 1874Green Short Hist. iv. §2. 170 It was only slowly and tentatively that this principle was applied. |