"speculatively" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist.",
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          "text": "The fleet had been ordered speculatively by Beacon Rail, and intended as heavy shunting and trip locomotives, as well as a viable low-emission replacement for the elderly Class 08/09 'BR Standard large shunter' which dates from the 1950s and 1960s.",
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          "sense": "in a speculative manner",
          "word": "especulativament"
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          "sense": "in a speculative manner",
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      "sense": "in a speculative manner",
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