conjectural

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US /kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl/ UK /kənˈdʒɛktʃərəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    based on incomplete information; involving guesswork

    The reconstruction of the temple's roof is purely conjectural.

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Synonyms
1 adj · based on incomplete... speculativehypotheticalsuppositionaltheoreticaltentativepresumptive
Word family
Derived forms conjecturally

Etymology

From Late Latin coniecturalis, from coniectura ('a conclusion, inference'), from coniectus, past participle of conicere ('to throw together'), from con- ('together') + iacere ('to throw').

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