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Tentatively

//ˈtɛntətɪvli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a tentative manner.

    "This last activity was studied in the second paper of this series and it was suggested tentatively that the peculiarly adaptive discoördination in this and other reactions might be due to the pull of part upon part, acting through the substrate."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a tentative manner wordnet

Etymology

From tentative + -ly.

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