Tentativeness

Synonyms for "tentativeness" (43 found)

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calculation canniness care carefulness caution control creeping deliberateness deliberation

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diffidence discretion drawl empiricism experimentation falterfoot dragginghedge hedging heed

Noun(3 words)

diffidence dubiousness fallibility

Related words (21)

hesitation idleness indolence inertia judiciousness languor laziness pragmatism prudencer and dreluctanceresearch and developmentrule of thumbshilly shallyingsloth solicitude testing thoroughness trialtrial and error

Noun(1 words)

tenuousness

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There are also some delightful love scenes between Jean and Esther. Russ does an excellent job of capturing the blend of excitement, tentativeness and panic present in the culmination of something so lusted after and so feared.

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