All 15 Uses of
speculate
in
Lonesome Dove
- "If Joe was to get kilt I might court her again," Augustus speculated.
Chpt 15-16speculated = thought aloud
- She heard the boys speculate that the branding would be done in another week, which meant they were close to starting the drive.
Chpt 17-18 *speculate = guess
- Apart from telling stories and speculating about whores, it seemed to Newt the cowboys would rather play cards than anything.
Chpt 19-20speculating = thinking
- A major topic of speculation was whether the Indians had actually been whipped or not.
Chpt 44-45speculation = guessing or theorizing
- Before he could draw much comfort from that line of speculation he heard his own gun go off.
Chpt 52-53speculation = thought
- "They might, but it sounds like you're speculating," Jake said. "Before I leave this here easy life to go and get shot at I'd like a little better prospect to think about."
Chpt 64-65speculating = guessing with uncertainty
- They could speculate all they wanted--he knew.
Chpt 74-74speculate = guess or theorize
- It interested her to speculate how it was done: whether they used people they knew, or just made people up.
Chpt 75-76speculate = think about or guess
- Occasionally one of the Raineys would ride over by Newt to offer some new speculation.
Chpt 83-84speculation = guess or theory
- "'Bout a month's wages," Jimmy Rainey speculated.
Chpt 83-84speculated = guessed (aloud)
- The old cook's wanderings had been a subject of much speculation among the men.
Chpt 89-90speculation = thinking and wondering
- It seemed to him to be the same wolf they had seen in Nebraska, after the picnic, but he told himself that was foolish speculation.
Chpt 89-90speculation = guessing without clear evidence
- The men spent much of their time speculating about what lay on beyond the mountains, and how long it would take to get there.
Chpt 89-90speculating = guessing or thinking aloud
- The coolness of the air seemed to improve the men's eyesight--they fell to speculating about how many miles they could see.
Chpt 93-94
- Augustus wasted no time in speculation. He started at once, hobbling southeast toward Miles City.
Chpt 95-96speculation = thought
Definition:
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(speculate as in: don't know, but I'll speculate) to think about, wonder, guess or theorize with much uncertainty