inferential

[ in-fuh-ren-shuh l ]

/ ˌɪn fəˈrɛn ʃəl /

of, pertaining to, by, or dependent upon inference.

Origin of inferential

1650–60; < Medieval Latin inferenti(a) inference + -al¹

in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb non·in·fer·en·tial, adjective non·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb un·in·fer·en·tial, adjective

un·in·fer·en·tial·ly, adverb

The realization of his hopes was more accidental than inferential.

The Evolution of Photography |John Werge
This inferential method is especially involved in Circumstantial Evidence.

The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter |Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.
It is indirect and inferential, based upon the present phenomena of our moral nature.

British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV |Various
It is ready to be interpreted and diversified by suitable minor premisses in all inferential applications.

Aristotle |George Grote

A subsequent passage also contains an inferential mark of the individual soul, viz.

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya |Translator: George Thibaut

inferential

/ (ˌɪnfəˈrɛnʃəl) /

of, relating to, or derived from inference

inferentially, adverb