Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture.
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- adverb In a
conjecturable manner
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Examples
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Howells unleashed another rave in the Atlantic, calling it “singularly entertaining,” applauding its “grotesque exaggeration and broad irony,”12 which he maintained were “conjecturably the truest colors that could have been used”; and praising its many excursions, digressions, and scattershot anecdotes as being true to the character of the West.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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Howells unleashed another rave in the Atlantic, calling it “singularly entertaining,” applauding its “grotesque exaggeration and broad irony,”12 which he maintained were “conjecturably the truest colors that could have been used”; and praising its many excursions, digressions, and scattershot anecdotes as being true to the character of the West.
Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005
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He could not see that the frequenters were greatly different at the different places; they were mostly Americans, of subdued manners and conjecturably subdued fortunes, with here and there
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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He could not see that the frequenters were greatly different at the different places; they were mostly Americans, of subdued manners and conjecturably subdued fortunes, with here and there a table full of foreigners.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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She said nothing, and after a glance toward the regions where Penelope might conjecturably be lingering, he held aside the portiere for the
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878
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Our Sunday was in the season, and the season had conjecturably qualified it, so that one could sometimes feel oneself in company better than one's own.
London Films William Dean Howells 1878
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He could not see that the frequenters were greatly different at the different places; they were mostly Americans, of subdued manners and conjecturably subdued fortunes, with here and there a table full of foreigners.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4 William Dean Howells 1878
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From time to time she looked over at them, and then turned again to the young clergyman, who, when he had closed the book, rested his hands on its top and began to give an animated account of something, conjecturably his sojourn in
Indian Summer William Dean Howells 1878
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In states of dubitation under impelling elements, the instinct pointing to courageous action is, besides the manlier, conjecturably the right one.
Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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In states of dubitation under impelling elements, the instinct pointing to courageous action is, besides the manlier, conjecturably the right one.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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