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inferential

adjective

Based on interpretation; not directly expressed

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Word length
11
Starts with
I
Ends with
L
Contains
NF
Scrabble score
14
CEFR level
C1

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adjective

  1. Based on interpretation; not directly expressed

adjective

  1. Derived or capable of being derived by inference

adjective

  1. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference

    “An illative conclusion”

adjective

  1. Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion

adjective

  1. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference

    “The illative faculty of the mind”

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An illative conclusion
Inferential reasoning
The illative faculty of the mind

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