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inferentially, adv.|ɪnfəˈrɛnʃəlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an inferential manner; in the way of, or by means of, inference. Sometimes qualifying the whole clause or statement: = as an inference, as may be inferred.
1691Beverley Thousand Yrs. Kingd. 23 From whence He Inferentially Goes on upon the Supposition [etc.]. 1852Washn. Wilks Hist. Half Cent. 337 Inferentially, had the natural rate of increase been followed, the population would have been two millions more than at present. 1884Manch. Exam. 2 Dec. 5/2 That women had no souls, and inferentially no brains. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles 9, I am inferentially assigned an equality with the poor creature. |