conjecturally
Based on speculation
In a way based on incomplete information or guesswork rather than proof: The manuscript is conjecturally dated to the 12th century.
The word appears most often in scholarly contexts where evidence is suggestive but not conclusive.
Unverified belief accepted as true
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- presumptionBelief held without proof
- surmiseGuess from incomplete information
guesswork · postulation · speculation · extrapolation · projection · estimation · educated guess · tentatively
State of being unsure
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
possibility · doubt · inconclusiveness · ambiguity · indeterminacy · unverified · unconfirmed · unproven
Study of historical texts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- emendationCorrection of written errors
interpolation · lacuna · redaction · pseudepigrapha · provenance · dating · fragmentary · collation
assumption
Unverified belief accepted as true
- suppositionBelief without proof
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- presumptionBelief held without proof
surmise · guesswork · postulation · speculation · extrapolation · projection · estimation · educated guess · tentatively · provisionally
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- tentativenessState of being uncertain
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
plausibility · possibility · doubt · inconclusiveness · ambiguity · indeterminacy · unverified · unconfirmed · unproven · questionably
philology
Study of historical texts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
emendation · interpolation · lacuna · redaction · pseudepigrapha · provenance · dating · fragmentary · collation · scholarly apparatus
conjecturallyfactually
In accordance with reality
provably · demonstrably · verifiably · certainly · definitively
conjecturallyfactually
In accordance with reality
demonstrably · evidentially · empirically · provably · verifiably