DEFINITIONS

conjectural

[ kuhn-jek-cher-uhl ]
/ kənˈdʒɛk tʃər əl /
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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.

Words related to conjectural

academic, assumed, doubtful, hypothetical, putative, reputed, supposed, suspect, tentative, theoretical, uncertain, unresolved, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive, figured

Words nearby conjectural

conirostral, coniston water, conium, conization, conj., conjectural, conjecture, conjoin, conjoined, conjoined anastomosis, conjoined twin

Origin of conjectural

1545–55; < Latin conjectūrālis, equivalent to conjectūr(a) conjecture + -ālis -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM conjectural

con·jec·tur·al·ly, adverbun·con·jec·tur·al, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for conjectural

conjectural
/ (kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl) /

adjective

involving or inclined to conjecture

Derived forms of conjectural

conjecturally, adverb
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