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In "The Woman Hater," assigned conjecturally to 1605 or 1606 by Professor Thorndike, there are "several burlesque imitations of Hamlet."

From The Critics Versus Shakspere A Brief for the Defendant by Smith, Francis Asbury

He knew that the gentleman in civilian costume was the father of his friend Luigi; that the young lady was Luigi’s sister—that “little Lucetta,” of the increase in whose stature the letter had conjecturally spoken.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

“I’ve been wronging her!” exclaimed Holtspur, conjecturally, shaping her purpose to his wishes.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Apparently, though it requires a very intimate knowledge of its history to speak except conjecturally, it was a political power rather than a dogma, and despised the science of theology.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

As yet we deal with mind with far less certainty than with matter; the realm of intellect having been less explored than the world of the senses, and both are treated conjecturally rather than absolutely.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks