inferential
of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.
Origin of inferential
1Other words from inferential
- in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb
- non·in·fer·en·tial, adjective
- non·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb
- un·in·fer·en·tial, adjective
- un·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb
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How to use inferential in a sentence
Phenalgin,134 twin brother to the Antikamnia fraud, shouts its inferential falsehoods in a half-page display.
All inferential knowledge is true or not, according as the laws of Logic have been obeyed or not.
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic | William StebbingThe only evidence, however, we can get at is indirect and inferential.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon LathamIt must be understood that the knowledge of primitive man, as we are about to outline it, is inferential.
A History of Science, Volume 1(of 5) | Henry Smith WilliamsNow is that right, consequential—that is, inferential; logically deduced, going straight to the end—manly?
The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 | Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
British Dictionary definitions for inferential
/ (ˌɪnfəˈrɛnʃəl) /
of, relating to, or derived from inference
Derived forms of inferential
- inferentially, adverb
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