ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Speculatively

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Speculatively is an adverb meaning In a speculative manner.

Meaning

In a speculative manner.

Example Sentences

[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist.
The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unspeculatively, conjecturingly, suspectly, conjecturally, suppositionally, guessingly.

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