inferentiallyadv.
/ɪnfəˈrɛnʃəli/ In an inferential manner; in the way of, or by means of, inference. Sometimes qualifying the whole clause or statement: = as an inference, as may be inferred.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [adverb]
by consequent1489
inferringly1571
of consequence1573
conclusionally1574
by consequence1581
reductively1624
deductivelya1641
porismatically1646
conclusively1657
concludently1673
inferentially1691
inductivelya1716
ex vi terminia1726
inferably1903
inferribly1905
1691 T. Beverley Thousand Years' Kingdom 23 From whence He Inferentially Goes on upon the Supposition [etc.].
1852 W. Wilks Hist. Half Cent. 337 Inferentially, had the natural rate of increase been followed, the population would have been two millions more than at present.
1884 Manch. Examiner 2 Dec. 5/2 That women had no souls, and inferentially no brains.
1895 F. Hall Two Trifles 9 I am inferentially assigned an equality with the poor creature.
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