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divinatory

DEFINITIONS OF: divinatory

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adj resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy

“the high priest's divinatory pronouncement”
Synonyms:
mantic, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical
prophetic, prophetical
foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

adj based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

Synonyms:
conjectural, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
theoretic, theoretical
concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
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