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ADJECTIVE (1)

1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
- Example: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"
- Example: "the supposed reason for his absence"
- Example: "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
- Example: "hypothetical situation"
[syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conjectural \Con*jec"tur*al\, a. [L. conjecturalis: cf. F.
   conjectural.]
   Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at;
   undetermined; doubtful.
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         And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. --Shak.
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         A slight expense of conjectural analogy. --Hugh Miller.
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         Who or what such editor may be, must remain
         conjectural.                             --Carlyle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conjectural
    adj 1: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
           "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
           highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his
           absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead
           languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural,
           divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed,
           suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]