Conjectural
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Conjectural is an adjective meaning In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
Meaning
In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
More Meanings
- Something that is conjectural; a conjecture.
Example Sentences
Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.
In conjectural statements, the French often use the Future or the Conditional, instead of the Perfect or the Pluperfect used in English.
Medicine, however, has been, and still continues to be, an art so conjectural and uncertain, that our astonishment at the anxiety with which empirics have been sought after and followed is much diminished.
Word Forms
- conjecturals
Synonyms for conjectural
Depending on context, synonyms include hypothetical, theoretical, supposititious, supposed, theoretic, suppositious.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suppositional, supposed, theoretical, theoretic, suppositious, supposititious.
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