adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to divination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
divinatory
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UK: /dɪˈvɪnətɹi/
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
- mantic powers
- a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: endivinatori — Pertaining to divination
- Finnish: ennustamiseen liittyvä — Pertaining to divination
- Finnish: ennustava — Pertaining to divination
- Finnish: ennustettu — Pertaining to divination
- French: divinatoire — Pertaining to divination
- Italian: divinatorio — Pertaining to divination
- Russian: гада́льный (gadálʹnyj) — Pertaining to divination
- Russian: гада́тельный (gadátelʹnyj) — Pertaining to divination
- Spanish: divinatorio — Pertaining to divination
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