hypothetic (adj.)

  1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural; the supposed reason for his absence; suppositious reconstructions of dead languages; hypothetical situation

    [ Syn: conjectural , divinatory , hypothetical , supposed , suppositional , suppositious , supposititious ]

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