Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Attentively; carefully.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word tentively.
Examples
-
I tentively ask if I should remove Jean from the vechile Barbara says no it wont make any difference and continues to jack up the car on a slope.
-
Not that I live in Denver and want to use them I just want to confirm them for my up coming web log tentively titled “Stalking ‘New’ SF Writers with Awards from Ohio.”
-
Everytime the same point was being madeRepukes in trouble b/c Chimp in Chief is in trouble they all get their little kerchiefs out, wipe their brows and tentively state, “Seven months is a long time away and things could change.”
-
And he beheld, and listened the service full tentively.
-
When all four of the little red shoes were in place (they looked, in fact, the most like Dorothy's ruby slippers), Oy sniffed at one of them, then looked at-tentively back at Jake.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
-
I looked more at tentively, and found that I was not mistaken.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
-
He looks at it very 'tentively, opens the outside case, reads the maker's name, and then shuts it up again.
Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820
-
Two days later, she tentively identified Trulove from a lineup of pictures.
NBC Bay Area - 2010
-
There's a reason why the most recent standard came out in 2003 and another is in the works (tentively Fortran 2008).
Slashdot: Apache 2009
-
There's a reason why the most recent standard came out in 2003 and another is in the works (tentively Fortran 2008).
Slashdot: Apache 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.