Circumstantial

What do we mean by circumstantial?

Of, relating to, or dependent on circumstances. adjective

Of no primary significance; incidental. adjective

Complete and particular; full of detail. adjective

Full of ceremonial display. adjective

Attending; incidental; casual; sustaining a minor or less important relation.

Consisting in, pertaining to, or derived from circumstances or particular incidents: as, circumstantial evidence.

Abounding with circumstances; exhibiting or stating all the circumstances; minute; particular; detailed: as, a circumstantial account or recital.

Something incidental and of subordinate importance; an accident or incident; a circumstance: opposed to an essential. noun

Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural. noun

Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. adjective

Incidental; relating to, but not essential. adjective

Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. adjective

Evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. adjective

Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential. adjective

Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. adjective

Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial. adjective

Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. noun

Fully detailed and specific about particulars adjective

(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.

Words that are spelled similarly to circumstantial:
circumstantial, circumstantiate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word circumstantial:
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Words that rhyme with circumstantial:
substantial, financial, insubstantial, nonfinancial, anschel, branch hill, ran chill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe circumstantial:
best.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective circumstantial:
evidence, account, detail, details, case, factors, proof, accounts, narrative, description, story, information, nature, clause, manner, report, support, evidences, reasons, points, statement, facts, clauses, relation, differences, reports, stories, testimony, proofs, argument, variety, minuteness, reality, variables, speech, truth, considerations, advantages, grounds, pressures, guarantees, arguments, descriptions, realism, luck, narratives, falsehood, explanation, memory, variations, hominem, accuracy, tale, stuff, indications, necessity, roles, particulars, selection, varieties, reasoning, constraints.

Words that sound like circumstantial:
circumstantial, circumstantially, circumstances, circumstance, circumstanced, substantial, sarcastical, saxton hale, sarcodina, socket wrench.