Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tentative

Tentative , adjective

[Latin tentare to try: compare French tentatif. See Tempt.]

Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
A slow, tentative manner. — Carlyle

Tentative , noun

[Compare French tentative.]

An essay; a trial; an experiment. — Berkley