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1. (logic) of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
    
2. Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
   "inferential reasoning";
   - illative
    
3. Derived or capable of being derived by inference
    
4. Based on interpretation; not directly expressed
    
5. Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
   "the inferential faculty of the mind";
   - illative

See also: connotative, constructive, deductive

Encyclopedia: Inferential