Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Supposed; hypothetical.
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Examples
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The peculiar avidity with which they one and all appear determined to secure the salaries for their various suppositionary services, must convince the most sceptical that they have carefully studied the art of drawing.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 16, 1841 Various
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From these defunct illuminati originated the suppositionary virtues of the magically-endowed divining wand.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Various
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The buildings were knocked down (by Mr. Robins), and the individual who had benefited by the suppositionary ownership of the acres let on the building lease "bought the lot," and sent uncle Job a peculiarly well-worded legal notice, intimating, "his respectable presence would, for the future, approximate to
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 Various
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