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/kənspˌɪɹətˈɔːɹɪəl/
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[ US /kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔɹiəɫ/ ]
[ US /kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔɹiəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or characteristic of conspiracy or conspirators
the discovery of possible conspirative codes
a conspiratorial whisper
How To Use conspiratorial In A Sentence
- Robbie Conal, who had Lobdell as his graduate advisor at Stanford in the late '70s says that "Frank would mutter at me, sometimes wearily, sometimes conspiratorially, every time we were together for more than half an hour; 'Nothing worth anything is easy.' John Seed: Frank Lobdell: "Nothing Worth Anything Is Easy"
- Virtually all of the clergy are portrayed as venal and conspiratorial.
- This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
- This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
- Kristoff is speaking conspiratorially, as if sharing a deep and disturbing secret, although it is well-known to anyone who has been following the emo-violence story that gay rights groups have called for tolerance. Down and Delirious in Mexico City
- Those Bolivians did some crazy things before the war, didn†™ t they? †She leaned in conspiratorially. “He bred these at the beginning, before they got really good at it. 365 tomorrows » 2007 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
- He renames their collective claims as conspiratorial; discounts their experience as evidence; and holds their language and culture against them as a justified and relevant reason why these Chicanas were sterilized.
- In each case, I specified with a conspiratorial wink, the flowers should be accompanied by a card bearing the A CONVICTION OF GUILT
- I have no idea if that particular review is really where I first came encountered "hyaline", or if there's some conspiratorial agreement among critics that they should always describe Sontag's writing that way. Making Light: Open thread 136
- All your arguments imply sometimes less than subtly that there is a conspiratorial movement of some sort driving this so called multipronged attack on the traditional family. If you’re not pissed off, then try following some of these links
