Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By guesswork; by way of conjecture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By way of conjecture.
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- adverb By way of
conjecture .
Etymologies
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guessing + -ly
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Examples
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Partial, and without a distinct type in your own recollections, you guessingly pronounce the characterization of the perpetual secretary too ---- _French_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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"What a variety," said Tô-no-Chiûjiô, as he turned them over, and he asked several questions guessingly about this or that.
Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880
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I have a letter guessingly set down, which came from one that's of a neutral heart, and not from
SFGate: Top News Stories Jon Carroll 2011
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