evidential

[ ev-i-den-shuhl ]

adjective

1. noting, pertaining to, serving as, or based on evidence.

evidential

/ ˌɛvɪˈdɛnʃəl /

adjective

1. relating to, serving as, or based on evidence

Derived Forms

• ˌeviˈdentially, adverb

Other Words From

• evi·dential·ly adverb
• nonev·i·dential adjective
• unev·i·dential adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of evidential¹

1600–10; < Latin ēvidenti ( a ) ( evidence ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, inquiry lawyers pointed to new sub-postmaster contracts which still refer to the Post Office's investigatory powers, including evidential interview processes under caution.

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Crucially, it further implicates the outstanding suspects and opens up evidential opportunities.

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Police said the cases did not meet the "evidential threshold".

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“There’s no evidential basis for the allegation that somebody got got injured.”

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Mr Hardy said both cases “featured significant evidential difficulties” due to the circumstances in which accounts were taken by the Royal Military Police in 1971 and later by the PSNI’s Historical Enquiries Team.

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