Synonyms for conjectural


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuhn-jek-cher-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈdʒɛk tʃər əl

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Définition of conjectural

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin conjecturalis "belonging to conjecture," from conjectura (see conjecture). Related: Conjecturally (mid-15c.).
  • adj speculative
Example sentences :
  • "Why—" Her eyes clouded; she pursed her lips over the conjectural annoyance.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • As for ourselves, we merely indulge in a piece of conjectural criticism.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • It is conjectural astronomy, conjectural natural philosophy, conjectural medicine.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • Singer's conjectural reading is that; but and seems to me to be the word required.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
  • But there is no need to resort to circumstantial or conjectural evidence.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • What the past fauna of Celebes may have been is as yet conjectural.
  • Extract from : « On the Genesis of Species » by St. George Mivart
  • To such questions as these there can be little more than a conjectural answer.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • Heinsius also possessed an unrivalled felicity in conjectural emendation.
  • Extract from : « The Last Poems of Ovid » by Ovid
  • The result of the calculations, conjectural and otherwise, was this.
  • Extract from : « The Carbonels » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • These are but conjectural reasons for the obscurity of those years.
  • Extract from : « The Life of St. Paul » by James Stalker

Antonyms for conjectural

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