Meaning & use
Penciling
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Writing, drawing, or marking something with a pencil, or tentatively scheduling something subject to change.
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She was penciling notes in the margins of her textbook.
Let's start by penciling in a meeting for next Tuesday.
A note on using this word
The phrase "penciling in" plans reflects the idea of a tentative, easily erased commitment, unlike something written in ink.
Words with a similar meaning
sketchingjotting
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Words with an opposite meaning
erasing
Another way to use it
2. verb
Tentatively scheduling an event or arrangement.
They penciled her in for a Friday interview.
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