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[ adverb ] in a tentative manner
Examples "we agreed tentatively on a dinner date" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)However , as so many of the records are not certainly based on newborn snakes , these data must be taken tentatively ; final conclusions will have_to await the measurements of broods from definite localities . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Someone clapped tentatively then quickly stopped . Related terms |
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