Speculative: alternatives and connections

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

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Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

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Alt. of Theoretical

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Alt. of Theoretical

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Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theo…

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Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

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Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize; as, to…

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Bade.

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Disposed to ask questions, especially in matters which do not concern the inquirer.

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Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

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of Question

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Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

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of Wonder

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Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

Based on possibility rather than strong evidence.

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

Curated member of Words for uncertainty.