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[ ev-i-den-shuhl ] / ˌɛv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR evidential ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenoting, pertaining to, serving as, or based on evidence. Origin of evidential1600–10; <Latin ēvidenti(a) (see evidence) + -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM evidentialev·i·den·tial·ly, adverbnon·ev·i·den·tial, adjectiveun·ev·i·den·tial, adjectiveWords nearby evidentialÉvian-les-Bains, evict, evictee, evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, evil, evildoer, evil eye Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for evidentialWhen detectives discovered that the message was “a pure coincidence … of no evidential value,” reporters refused to believe them. Did Reporters From News of the World Impede a British Police Investigation?|Charlotte Edwardes|January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST Then follow apologetical and evidential works, and treatises on theology and morality. The Gist of Japan|R. B. Peery So we get a glimpse into the conditions of life in the early Church, interesting and of value in an evidential point of view. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V)|Alexander Maclaren He was now prepared to listen to what Sir Charles had to say and to judge impartially of its evidential value.
Even parable, however, has always been considered to have attached to it a measure of evidential as well as of illustrative value. Natural Law in the Spiritual World|Henry Drummond But the fact is merely suggestive; it has no evidential value. The Mystery of 31 New Inn|R. Austin Freeman
British Dictionary definitions for evidential
adjectiverelating to, serving as, or based on evidence Derived forms of evidentialevidentially, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to evidentialsuggestive, ominous, symbolic, symptomatic, emblematic, characteristic, demonstrative, prognostic, testimonial, giveaway, apocalyptic, auspicious, connotative, diagnostic, expressive, inauspicious, significant, augural, denotative, denotive |