— presumptively , adv.
/pri zump"tiv/ , adj.
1. affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
2. based on presumption: a presumptive title.
3. regarded as such by presumption; based on inference.
4. Embryol. pertaining to the part of an embryo that, in the course of normal development, will predictably become a particular structure or region.
[ 1555-65; praesumptivus. See PRESUMPTION, -IVE ]