preliminary, shaky, hopeful, fitful, final, initial, timid, sketchy, hesitant, conciliatory, optimistic, cautious, stalled, partial, wobbly, uneasy, formal, agreeable, vague, conditional, modest, anxious, early, contentious, noncommital, definitive, iffy, unforthcoming, amendable, grudging, deadlocked, bumpy, definite, jittery, tepid, conceptual, antsy, rocky, unsettled, gradual, unsteady, provisional, nonbinding, uneven, lukewarm, apprehensive, tenuous, uncertain, hasty, noncommittal, lethargic, unenthusiastic, indecisive, pessimistic, ambitious, sluggish, upbeat, fragile, leery, skittish, skeptical, consolidative, premature, nonexclusive, earnest, aggressive, quick, wage freeze, reticent, little, hashed, broad, wary, lackadaisical, rough sledding, slow, wiggle room, stalemated, hazy, receptive, reluctant, late, faltering, glum, fractious, retroactive, informal, prearranged, cagey, tardy, ambivalent, tense, scant, rough, choppy, erratic, nervy, circumspect, downcast, bare bones, troubled, schematic, ancient, simple, crude, empirical, convincing, personal, positive, suspect, approximate, arbitrary, basic, boyish, comic, common, deserving, ex, im, literary, modern, natural, conjectural, oversimplified, incorrect, plausible, parsimonious, simplistic, defensible, abductive, conclusive, correct, satisfactory, suggested, tenable, consistent, generalizable, implausible

advance, approach, conjecture, essay, feeler, hypothecate, hypothesis, hypothesise, hypothesize, insecurely, overture, possibility, speculate, suppose, tentatively, theorise, theorize, theory

doubtful, probationary, provisionary