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mutmaßlich — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • alleged adjective Claimed or stated to be true, without yet being proven.
  • presumptive adj Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  • putative adj Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.

Senses

mutmaßlich is used for these senses in English:

  • assumedly (chiefly, US) In an assumed manner; presumably.
  • presumptive Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  • putative Commonly believed or deemed to be the case; generally assumed.
  • putatively In a putative manner; according to belief.

presumptive — full definition

  1. adj Based on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
  2. adj Often postpositive, as in heir presumptive: of an heir or heiress: presumed to be entitled to inherit unless someone with a superior entitlement is born.
  3. adj Of a cell or tissue: which has yet to differentiate, but is presumed to develop into a particular body part.
  4. adj Synonym of presumptuous (“making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding what is appropriate or right”).

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