conjectural

con·jec·tur·al (k

n-j

adj.

1. Based on or involving conjecture. See Synonyms at supposed.

2. Tending to conjecture.

con·jectur·al·ly adv.

conjectural [kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl]

adj

involving or inclined to conjecture

conjecturally adv

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Adj.

conjectural - based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

hypothetic, hypothetical, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, divinatory, supposed

theoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"

conjectural

adjective speculative, theoretical, tentative, hypothetical, supposed, academic, surmised, suppositional There is something undeniably conjectural about such claims.

Translations

conjectural [kənˈdʒektʃərəl] ADJ → conjetural

conjectural [kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl] adj → conjectural(e)

conjectural

adj → auf Vermutungen or Mutmaßungen beruhend; a conclusion which must remain conjectural → ein Schluss, der Vermutung or Mutmaßung bleiben muss; it is entirely conjectural → es ist reine Vermutung

conjectural [kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl] adj → congetturale

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As regarded its origin there were various explanations, all of which must necessarily have been conjectural.

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

They were yet, in fact, a thousand miles from Astoria, but the distance was unknown to them at the time: everything before and around them was vague and conjectural, and wore an aspect calculated to inspire despondency.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

She walked briskly in the brisk air, the color rose in her cheeks, and her straw bonnet (which our contemporaries might look at with conjectural curiosity as at an obsolete form of basket) fell a little backward.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

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