guessingly

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adverb

By way of conjecture; using guesswork.

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Meanings

adverbguessingly (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareBy way of conjecture; using guesswork.

    I have a letter guessingly set down

    c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]

Origin

From guessing + -ly.

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APA

guessingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessingly

MLA

“guessingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guessingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guessingly.

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