conclusory

From the stem of conclusive +‎ -ory; first attested in 1662.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈkluːzəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈkluzɔɹi/

conclusory (comparative more conclusory, superlative most conclusory)

1. (law) Offering a conclusion with seriously deficient support in fact or logic; begging the question. [from 1923]

   These claims are conclusory and unsupported by any specific allegations, let alone evidence.

2. (uncommon) Serving as or relating to a conclusion; concluding, postfatory. [from 1662]
   • 1662, Alexander Petrie, “The Fifth Age of the Church […] ”, in A Compendious Hiſtory of the Catholick Church From the Year 600 Untill the Year 1600‎^[1], Hague: Adrian Vlack, page 253:

     […] to this purpoſe they cited the examples of Jacob and Eſau, and the ſimilitude of the potter Rom. 9, and the concluſory words of the Apoſtle there, and 1. Cor. 3:5, & 4, 7, & 2. Tim.2: 19, &c.

   • 2018 July 9, Stamatis Karlos, Aikaterini Karanikola, Vangjel Kazllarof, Sotiris Kotsiantis, “Local weighted Averaged 2-Dependence Estimator”, in Proceedings of the 10th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence‎^[2], New York: Association for Computing Machinery, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1:

     Finally, the conclusory section contains useful comments about the exploited learning tools and their results, whilst promising points are posed.

3. (rare) Conclusive; causing a definitive conclusion.

• “conclusory”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “conclusory”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• J. Kochan, Donald (3 April 2013), “"While Effusive, 'Conclusory' is Still Quite Elusive: The Story of a Word, Iqbal, and a Perplexing Lexical Inquiry of Supreme Importance",”, in University of Pittsburgh Law Review‎^[3], volume 73, number 2