suppositional.

Based on an assumed possibility rather than something established as fact.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• suppositional reasoning
• suppositional claim

On the page

The claim remained suppositional because the relevant records were missing.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: inference. Commonness: uncommon.