suppositional

English

Etymology

From supposition +‎ -al.

Adjective

suppositional (comparative more suppositional, superlative most suppositional)

2. Relating to, or based on, supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.

   Synonym: suppositious

   suppositional judgment

   suppositional question

   suppositional argument

   • a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “(please specify the sermon number)”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume (please specify |volume=VII to XI), London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC:

     Men and angels indeed have also a certain knowledge of them : but it is not absolute , but only suppositional

References

• “suppositional”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.