Adjective : a hypothetical case. ,hypothetical reasoning. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : The Secretary of Defense refused to discuss hypotheticals with the reporters. From Dictionary.com.
"But what would happen," Moichi persisted, "if you did come up against one hypothetically, that is?". From Wordnik.com. [beneath an opal moon]
Well, if I were to do this purely hypothetically, that is I would probably use pages from the inner depths of the paper...not front page news. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Sleeve Obscures Your Laptop | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
I say "hypothetically" because I am at work, using Safari; therefore it looks fine to me. From Wordnik.com. [dammit, drat and all of that] Reference
You are asking us to "hypothetically" accept Genesis as factual and ignore the numerous physical facts suggesting otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
I write "hypothetically" because PMCs mentioned in the past (think CACI and Titan at Abu Ghraib) in this regard fiercely object to the idea that they did any such thing. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: Speaking Hypothetically: What to Do When a PMC Tortures] Reference
The Kremlin later said that Zhikarev spoke "hypothetically". From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
I guess he was only "hypothetically" accepting common descent. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Atheism] Reference
You see, we've been discussing this "hypothetically" for a while. From Wordnik.com. [Bright Yellow World] Reference
Secondly, I understand that it is almost hard for you believers to even 'hypothetically'. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
Liotta asks Peck if, "hypothetically," it would be "a good or maybe a bad thing for (Campos) to become a guest of the city tonight.". From Wordnik.com. [Hoboken 411] Reference
What I dont understand is how could he have "hypothetically" or realistically pitched in two games if he started game 2 of the series?. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
Those two advisors supported the rejected plan that was later implemented "hypothetically" in order to conform to the letter of Posse Comitatus law. From Wordnik.com. [Crooks and Liars] Reference
Earlier, I dished on Sarah Palin's firing of a Wasilla librarian after Palin "hypothetically" asked the librarian what she thought about book-banning. From Wordnik.com. [Out-Loud Brainwaves] Reference
Wouldn't a more logical conslusion have been "hypothetically" that oil prices might just DECREASE if we produce more oil domestically using our own known reserves?. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
"hypothetically" and I understand exactly what it means. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus Christi Caller Times, Caller.com Stories] Reference
"hypothetically" would have committed the murders from which he was acquitted?. From Wordnik.com. [The Appalachian] Reference
This is true hypothetically but not realistically. From Wordnik.com. [Joan E. Dowlin: I Am Glad We Have a Media Accessible President] Reference
AIKEN: I don't -- hypothetically I don't think so. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2006] Reference
I write hypothetically because PMCs mentioned in. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: Speaking Hypothetically: What to Do When a PMC Tortures] Reference
GRACE: Yes, that ` s why I used the word "hypothetically.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2006] Reference
Let's say hypothetically I have a medication that prevents Alzheimer's. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics of Prevention] Reference
Then, being hypothetically dead, she begins to live her life in her own way. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917] Reference
Aquinum, and hypothetically assigns Juvenal's holding of the post to that year. From Wordnik.com. [The Student's Companion to Latin Authors] Reference
House seats are hypothetically in play, and the Senate race is too close to call. From Wordnik.com. [50%+1] Reference
And it is true, hypothetically, if this happened it would affect prices at the pump. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2007] Reference
Pihahiroth, and Clysma had all been hypothetically placed in totally different positions. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883] Reference
Wherefore the Philosopher says (Ethic. iv, 9) that "shame is in the virtuous hypothetically.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
If Congress tried to change that by statute and say that we would like to pick the judges, what would happen, hypothetically?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2006] Reference
Would the Goldman family really seek to publish the book in which Simpson, hypothetically or not, describes the brutal murders?. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence Of Guilt?] Reference
Some of us at least have made a recreation of his necessity, and still go hunting wild or hypothetically wild animals for food. From Wordnik.com. [The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade] Reference
That means that not only could they be in two places at the same time, they could hypothetically be in 10 places at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide World Of Wiggles] Reference
I mean, hypothetically speaking, who would ever keep the most incriminating evidence of an alleged extortion in their desk at work at CBS?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2009] Reference
But perhaps the wisest thing that Bill has learned from studying his own hypothetically royal family is that you have to watch what you say around the "king.". From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Would Be King] Reference
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