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The phrase "a slightly tentative" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe an action, statement, or attitude that is cautious or uncertain in nature. Example: "Her response was a slightly tentative agreement, indicating she still had reservations."
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Jones was left to rue a slightly tentative opening period.
Still, the show had a slightly tentative feel, a sense that doing it at all was the real accomplishment.
David Daniels, a countertenor, after a slightly tentative start, sang the title role with his customary vocal agility.
In the middle of the second set I had an opportunity with a break point and played a slightly tentative point.
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That aside it's a good over, surprisingly even-paced at the start but with a couple of trademark slower balls at the end to a slightly tentative-looking Shahzaib.
Meanwhile, Adam Facer writes in with a slightly more tentative tale.
"This was my reaction against the Englishness of English painting which so greatly valued a slightly understated, tentative figuration".
He called for a medical timeout after the game to have his foot wrapped and appeared slightly tentative when play resumed.
The rest of the band performed ably, managing to make an opening set feel only slightly tentative.
Flanagan's slightly tentative conclusion is that it can.
The earlier songs have the authority of Copland but sound slightly tentative: Bowles hadn't yet found himself.
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