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opinative | opinatively |

As an adjective opinative

is conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.

As an adverb opinatively is

in an opinative manner.

opinative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Conjectural; expressing an opinion rather than a fact.
  • (obsolete) Opinionated, maintaining one's position stubbornly.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.44:
  • *:[Socrates] was an illiterate idiot […], to philosophers and travellers, an opinative ass, a caviller, a kind of pedant […].

    • opinatively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an opinative manner.
    • (Webster 1913)