speculatively
IPA: spˈɛkjʌɫeɪtɪvɫi
adverb
- In a speculative manner.
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Examples of "speculatively" in Sentences
- He glanced at the bars of the balcony again – speculatively.
- Toddles watched him go -- kind of speculatively, kind of reproachfully.
- Rhodan seemed to pronounce the word speculatively as he looked at Pucky.
- “Good,” the Blade said, turning to examine Max and Alexander speculatively.
- An aide later insisted Mr Ainsworth was speaking "speculatively", but bookmakers suspended betting on the election date in response.
- My friend said Verne's science was wrong, but I defended Verne for writing "speculatively" with the knowledge available to him for that time.
- The group's director of government affairs, Kathleen Sgamma, said the BLM's climate change review shouldn't hold up the leases too long because they were acquired speculatively, meaning there's no guarantee of drilling.
- It was not cultivated as a plant until the 17th century long after Elizabeth I, and then only speculatively, and mainly as a possible home-grown substitute for the expensive rhubarb root imported from the east and used as a purgative and laxative.
- The chummy with Labour production company that "speculatively" registered Gordon Brown leadership domains in advance of the non-existent contest, then said it was off their own back but did eventually find themsleves the owners of the domain that Gordon eventually used?
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