divinatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
   sibyllic; sibylline; vatical; vatic; mantic.
   
   • the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
   • mantic powers
   • a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
2. adjective satellite based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
   conjectural; supposititious; suppositious; suppositional; supposed; hypothetical; hypothetic.
   
   • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
   • the supposed reason for his absence
   • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
   • hypothetical situation

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