A word for maybe-answer to a request?
Sometimes we ask others to do something for us and they reject our request, but not promise like that; they give us an maybe-answer such as “I don’t promise, but will try to do my best” or “If I had some spare time”. Does there exist any word for answer to the following requests?
Where and how do I start my writing career?
a noncommittal response or answer TFD
Refusing commitment to give opinion or course of action; not revealing what one thinks or feels. D.
(C.S.L. Governing Body)
What is the tentative response?
- Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed upon whereas provisional can be used.
American Heritage Dictionary
“I don’t promise, but will try to do my best”
If I got some spare time
they sound subject to change so I’d say tentative or…
a noncommittal response or answer TFD
Refusing commitment to give opinion or course of action; not revealing what one thinks or feels. D.
(C.S.L. Governing Body)
