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Conjectural

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Adjective

1. conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Example Sentences:
'theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural'
'the supposed reason for his absence'
'suppositious reconstructions of dead languages'
'hypothetical situation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Conjectural

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adjective
involving or inclined to conjecture

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Conjectural

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adjective
1. 
based on or involving conjecture
2. 
inclined to make conjectures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Conjectural

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n.
1. Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.
2. An opinion or conclusion based on guesswork: The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election.
v. con·jec·tured, con·jec·tur·ing, con·jec·tures
v.tr.
To judge or conclude by conjecture; guess: "From the comparative silence below ... I conjectured that Mr Rochester was now at liberty" (Charlotte Brontë).
v.intr.
To make a conjecture.

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