inferential.

Relating to conclusions drawn from evidence or premises rather than directly observed facts alone.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• inferential reasoning
• inferential statistics

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The conclusion involved an inferential step.

The study used inferential statistics.

She separated descriptive claims from inferential ones.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: More inferential; most inferential where degree is meaningful; relational uses are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.