Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Definition of tentativeness in English:

‘However, he played with some uncertainty and tentativeness, and no one is sure just how durable he will be.’

‘It has a kind of pre-meditated tentativeness; a deliberate uncertainty.’
‘Despite the tentativeness of the headline, do not doubt that the mediation will occur.’
‘And it was this tentativeness which was his downfall.’
‘The performance I attended was the first preview, which perhaps partially accounts for a tentativeness in the acting.’