Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By way of supposition; hypothetically.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
suppositional manner; by means of, or in the context of,supposition .
Etymologies
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suppositional + -ly
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Examples
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(I'm only speaking suppositionally, since my own novel's not even a twinkle in my eye at this point.)
Auld Lang Syne, etc. 2009
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We clear argue suppositionally in mathematics, for instance; and we also clearly do it in physics.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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We clear argue suppositionally in mathematics, for instance; and we also clearly do it in physics.
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