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evidential

[ ev-i-den-shuh l ]

/ ˌɛv ɪˈdɛn ʃəl /

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adjective

noting, pertaining to, serving as, or based on evidence.

Origin of evidential

1600–10; < Latin ēvidenti(a) (see evidence) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM evidential

ev·i·den·tial·ly, adverb non·ev·i·den·tial, adjective un·ev·i·den·tial, adjective

Words nearby evidential

evg., evict, evictee, evidence, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, evil, evil eye, evil one

Example sentences from the Web for evidential

When detectives discovered that the message was “a pure coincidence … of no evidential value,” reporters refused to believe them.

Did Reporters From News of the World Impede a British Police Investigation? |Charlotte Edwardes |January 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Then follow apologetical and evidential works, and treatises on theology and morality.

The Gist of Japan |R. B. Peery
So we get a glimpse into the conditions of life in the early Church, interesting and of value in an evidential point of view.

Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) |Alexander Maclaren
He was now prepared to listen to what Sir Charles had to say and to judge impartially of its evidential value.

Fire-Tongue |Sax Rohmer

Even parable, however, has always been considered to have attached to it a measure of evidential as well as of illustrative value.

Natural Law in the Spiritual World |Henry Drummond
But the fact is merely suggestive; it has no evidential value.

The Mystery of 31 New Inn |R. Austin Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for evidential

evidential

/ (ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃəl) /

adjective

relating to, serving as, or based on evidence

Derived forms of evidential

evidentially, adverb