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English Dictionary: conjectural by the DICT Development Group
2 results for conjectural
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Conjectural \Con*jec"tur*al\, a. [L. conjecturalis: cf. F.
      conjectural.]
      Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at;
      undetermined; doubtful.
  
               And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. --Shak.
  
               A slight expense of conjectural analogy. --Hugh Miller.
  
               Who or what such editor may be, must remain
               conjectural.                                          --Carlyle.
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