presumptive

adjective

Based on a presumption; presumed.

adjective

Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.

adjective

Presumptuous.

Based on presumption or probability; probable; grounded on probable evidence; proving circumstantially, not directly.

Unreasonably confident; presumptuous; arrogant.

adjective

Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable.

adjective

Presumptuous; arrogant.

adjective

that which is derived from circumstances which necessarily or usually attend a fact, as distinct from direct evidence or positive proof; indirect or circumstantial evidence. β€œPresumptive evidence of felony should be cautiously admitted.” Blackstone. The distinction, however, between direct and presumptive (or circumstantial) evidence is now generally abandoned; all evidence being now more or less direct and more or less presumptive.

adjective

See Heir presumptive, under Heir.

adjective

Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief