CONJECTURALLY

conjecturally

(adverb) in a manner involving or inclined to conjecture and supposition

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

conjecturally (comparative more conjecturally, superlative most conjecturally)

In a conjectural manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*jec`tur*al"ly, n.

Definition: That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Con*jec`tur*al*ly, adv.

Definition: In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.

CONJECTURAL

Con*jec"tur*al, a. Etym: [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CHANCY

(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”


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