Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tentatively

/ˈtɛntətɪvli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.14 in modern English

Syllables: ten-ta-tive-ly
IPA: /ˈtɛntətɪvli/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a tentative manner.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tentative Middle English -ly English -ly English tentatively From tentative + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more tentatively (comparative) most tentatively (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce tentatively?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛntətɪvli/.
What does tentatively mean?: In a tentative manner.
Where does tentatively come from?: Etymology tree English tentative Middle English -ly English -ly English tentatively From tentative + -ly.

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