Speculatively

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a speculative manner.

    "[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with speculation; in a speculative manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist."

Etymology

From speculative + -ly.

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