conclusory
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of conclusory
First recorded in 1840–50; see origin at conclusive, -ory 1
Example Sentences
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Right there, you have the perfect shadow-docket sandwich: perfunctory, bad decisionmaking, conclusory predictions about what constitutes an “emergency” and who’s going to win, decided in a couple of days, wiping out extensive factual findings.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
And when they reunite, rotating in a slow-dance embrace with Fredericks’s feet on top of Pitts’s, it feels conclusory.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023
“They plead conclusory allegations and generalizations, rather than facts, to support the claims,” its attorneys wrote.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2023
Over its 20-minute run, Mazzoli conjures penitential processions, “melting hymns,” spells cast over broken bones and a conclusory ascent to the heavens.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022
My remarks then, which will be thus conclusory, relate to two different sorts of persons.
From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas
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