conjecturallyadv.
/kənˈdʒɛktjʊərəli/ In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture; by guess.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [adverb]
beguessc1500
conjecturally1593
conjecturatively1608
guessingly1608
opiniably1655
stochasticallya1688
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xiv. 87 Whatsoeuer may be..but probablie and coniecturallie surmised.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 248 As some..[talk] of a World in the Moon, Problematically, and Conjecturally.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 122 Stukeley conjecturally places Coria, at Corsford, below Lanark.
1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) iii. 30 The ‘Second Folio’ 1632 is a reprint of the first conjecturally emended.
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