It is for this reason that Whitehead is careful to insist on the tentative nature of the ultimate generalities, which are always susceptible of reinterpretation in the light of the evolving facts of experience. (religion-online.org)
Thus did Origen, for example, speak of theologia as the effort of the individual to «make sense» out of Scripture but he immediately asserted the tentative nature of any such interpretational In Gregory of Nazianzus the element of indirectness, of being one step removed from the original data, is identified with the word theologia and Pseudo-Dionysius employed it as a synonym for mysticisms (religion-online.org)
«The budget should not shy away from making headway into what is clearly an unsustainable fiscal trajectory, but the timing of the impacts should recognise the tentative nature of the rebuilding under way in areas of the economy outside the mining and energy resource sectors,» Ai Group's chief executive Innes Willox said. (afr.com)