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evidential

adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, evidential means of or providing evidence. As a noun, it means a syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.

Meanings of evidential

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Of or providing evidence.

  2. Serving as or based on evidence

    “evidential signs of a forced entry”

    “its evidentiary value”

    Similar: evidentiary

noun

  1. linguisticsA syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.

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Synonyms by meaning

adjective: serving as or based on evidence
evidentiary

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