Pronunciations (2)
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/dɪˈvɪnətɹi/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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dɪˈvɪnətɹi
Pronunciation notes
- GB
Adjective
Pertaining to divination.
Usage- not-comparable
Adjective
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
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the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
mantic powers
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a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
the supposed reason for his absence
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suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
hypothetical situation