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evidential
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ev·i·den·tial  (v-dnshl)
adj. Law
Of, providing, or constituting evidence: evidential material.
evi·dential·ly adv.
evidential [ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃəl]
adj
relating to, serving as, or based on evidence
evidentially  adv
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Adj.1.evidential - serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"
evidentiary
significant, important - important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
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5) Although evidentiality can be regarded semantically as a type of epistemic possibility, evidentials are distinguished in this article because evidential meanings are carried by a distinct class of verbs and are not just a sense of more general possibility modals.
Voice and modal verbs in Estonian/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Torn-Leesik, Reeli / Linguistica Uralica
The latter would, on the one hand, allow us to draw more specific conclusions concerning semantics; on the other hand, it would show us where we should place the grammatical evidentials in the verbal system amongst such categories as mood, tense, and aspect.
Typology of grammaticalized evidentiality in Bulgarian and ... by Kehayov, Petar / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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