guess
verb (used with object)
to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully.
guessingly
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a word derived from
guess.
Example Sentences
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I haue a Letter guessingly set downe Which came from one that's of a newtrall heart, And not from one oppos'd Corn.
From King Lear by William Shakespeare
Partial, and without a distinct type in your own recollections, you guessingly pronounce the characterization of the perpetual secretary too——French.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
I have a letter guessingly set down, Which came from one that's of a neutral heart, And not from one oppos'd.
From King Lear by William Shakespeare
"What a variety," said Tô-no-Chiûjiô, as he turned them over, and he asked several questions guessingly about this or that.
From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Epiphanius Wilson
