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Meaning of 'divinatory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Divinatory [ a.]
- Professing, or relating to, divination.

Meaning of 'divinatory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . divinatory [ s]
Meaning (1):
- resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Example in sentence:
  • a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions;
  • mantic powers;
  • the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
Meaning (2):
- based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Example in sentence:
  • hypothetical situation;
  • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages;
  • the supposed reason for his absence;
  • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural

Nearby Words:

divagation divalent divan divaricate divaricated divaricately divaricating divarication divaricator divast

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