inferential

[ in-fuh-ren-shuhl ]

/ ˌɪn fəˈrɛn ʃəl /

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adjective

of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.

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Origin of inferential

1650–60; <Medieval Latin inferenti(a) inference + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM inferential

in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverbnon·in·fer·en·tial, adjectivenon·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverbun·in·fer·en·tial, adjective

un·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb

Words nearby inferential

infelicitous, infelicity, infer, inference, inferencing, inferential, inferential statistics, inferior, inferior conjunction, inferior court, inferior goods

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How to use inferential in a sentence

Phenalgin,134 twin brother to the Antikamnia fraud, shouts its inferential falsehoods in a half-page display.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
All inferential knowledge is true or not, according as the laws of Logic have been obeyed or not.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic|William Stebbing
The only evidence, however, we can get at is indirect and inferential.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
It must be understood that the knowledge of primitive man, as we are about to outline it, is inferential.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

Now is that right, consequential—that is, inferential; logically deduced, going straight to the end—manly?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846|Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett

British Dictionary definitions for inferential

inferential

/ (ˌɪnfəˈrɛnʃəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or derived from inference

Derived forms of inferential

inferentially, adverb

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