All 4 Uses of
conjecture
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- I have, too, a very important legal affair in the Senate, not to mention other preoccupations which you may well conjecture.†
Chpt 2.5 *
- No, I didn't see them," Raskolnikov answered slowly, as though ransacking his memory, while at the same instant he was racking every nerve, almost swooning with anxiety to conjecture as quickly as possible where the trap lay and not to overlook anything.†
Chpt 3.5
- This conjecture had begun to grow strong the day before, in the midst of all his alarm and despair.†
Chpt 4.5
- There was no word of her own hopes, no conjecture as to the future, no description of her feelings.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
a conclusion or opinion based on inconclusive evidence; or the act of forming of such a conclusion or opinion
A conjecture can be widely believed, but the word is also frequently used to imply that evidence is insufficient to support a belief.