conjectural
[kuhn-jek-cher-uhl]
adjective
of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
given to making conjectures: a conjectural thinker.
RELATED WORDS
academic, assumed, doubtful, hypothetical, putative, reputed, supposed, suspect, tentative, theoretical, uncertain, unresolved, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive, figured
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Examples from the Web for conjectural
Historical Examples of conjectural
"Why—" Her eyes clouded; she pursed her lips over the conjectural annoyance.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
As for ourselves, we merely indulge in a piece of conjectural criticism.
Leading Articles on Various SubjectsHugh Miller
It is conjectural astronomy, conjectural natural philosophy, conjectural medicine.
TimaeusPlato
Singer's conjectural reading is that; but and seems to me to be the word required.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;Unknown
But there is no need to resort to circumstantial or conjectural evidence.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1John Charles Dent
conjectural
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