evidential
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of evidential
Explanation
Evidential is an adjective that means serving as evidence. The receipt for the stolen blue suede shoes would be evidential proof of what you paid for the shoes when you bought them from the Elvis estate. Often used as a legal term, evidential is sometimes paired with the words "proof," "burden," or "hearing." Like many legal words, this one comes from medieval Latin (in this case, evidentialis). Lop off the last two letters and you have the English word. If a Roman took an Englishman to court for lopping at the words in his language, though, he'd need to show some evidential proof that the Englishman was guilty.
Example Sentences
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"However, the evidential threshold was not met for the alternate offence," they added.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said its initial 2022 investigation was "initially limited due to evidential constraints".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Challenging Beggs, Taylor said: "Well just a moment there - what about the evidential scene with Ian Coates and what happened there? Would you say that was well managed?"
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
However, of the files released, the FBI has only produced one document referring to the diagram, despite its evidential significance, and this was only created 11 years after the diagram's initial discovery in 2001.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
I think that your experiences will have a higher evidential value if you are not told in advance what you may expect to encounter.
From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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