tentativelyadv.

/ˈtɛntətɪvli/

Etymology: < tentative adj. + -ly suffix².

In a tentative manner; by way of trial or experiment; experimentally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adverb]

tentatively1588

tastingly1598

peirastically1817

experimentally1862

venturingly1884

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 7 But to put the case, and..to proceede tentatiuely, and discoursiuely, as the foresaid schoolemen vse to call it.

1637 T. Jackson 3rd Serm. Jer. xxvi. 19 in Wks. (1844) VI. 95 He said it solemnly and publicly, not tentatively or by way of trial only.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 170 It was only slowly and tentatively that this principle was applied.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tentatively
释义	tentativelyadv. /ˈtɛntətɪvli/ Etymology: < tentative adj. + -ly suffix². In a tentative manner; by way of trial or experiment; experimentally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [adverb] tentatively1588 tastingly1598 peirastically1817 experimentally1862 venturingly1884 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 7 But to put the case, and..to proceede tentatiuely, and discoursiuely, as the foresaid schoolemen vse to call it. 1637 T. Jackson 3rd Serm. Jer. xxvi. 19 in Wks. (1844) VI. 95 He said it solemnly and publicly, not tentatively or by way of trial only. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §2. 170 It was only slowly and tentatively that this principle was applied. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adv.1588
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