1. (

• inferential ,
• illative

) relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" ;

2. (

• inferential ,

) of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion ;

3. (

• illative ,
• inferential ,

) resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" ;

4. (

• inferential

) derived or capable of being derived by inference ;

5. (

• inferential

) based on interpretation; not directly expressed ;