SPEC'ULATIVE, adjective 1. Given to speculation; contemplative; applied to persons. The min of man being by nature speculative- 2. Formed by speculation; theoretical; ideal; not verified by fact, experiment or practice; as a scheme merely speculative 3. Pertaining to view; also, prying.
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