divinatory

divinatory
adjective
1. resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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the high priest's divinatory pronouncement

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mantic powers

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a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions

Syn: ↑mantic, ↑sibylline, ↑sibyllic, ↑vatic, ↑vatical
Similar to: ↑prophetic, ↑prophetical
Derivationally related forms: ↑sibyl (for: ↑sibyllic), ↑divine
2. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural

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the supposed reason for his absence

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suppositious reconstructions of dead languages

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hypothetical situation

Syn:
Similar to: ↑theoretical, ↑theoretic
Derivationally related forms: ↑supposition (for: ↑supposititious), ↑supposition (for: ↑suppositious), ↑supposition (for: ↑suppositional), ↑hypothesis (for: ↑hypothetical), ↑conjecture (for: ↑conjectural)

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