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Webster 1913 Edition
Circumstantial
Cirˊcum-stan′tial
,Noun.
Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; – generally in the plural;
as, the
. circumstantials
of religionAddison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Circumstantial
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
, a.1.
Attending; relating to; but not essential.2.
Consisting in or pertaining to circumstances, or to particular incidents.3.
Incidental; casual.4.
Abounding with circumstances, or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular; as a circumstantial account or recital.5.
In law, circumstantial evidence is that which is obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.CIRCUMSTANTIAL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
circumstantial
circumstantial
English
Adjective
circumstantial (comparative more circumstantial, superlative most circumstantial)
- Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
- Sharp
- We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship […] and what is merely circumstantial.
- Sharp
- Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
- 1806, James Wilkinson, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (October 21, 1806) (part of Burr conspiracy)
- For although my information appears too direct and circumstantial to be fictitious, yet the magnitude of the enterprise, the desperation of the plan, and the stupendous consequences with which it seems pregnant, stagger my belief […]
- 2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin 2009, p. 326:
- Second-hand but clearly from the best possible source - the King himself - [the story] is highly circumstantial, taking twenty-two pages of text.
- 1806, James Wilkinson, Letter to Thomas Jefferson (October 21, 1806) (part of Burr conspiracy)
- Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
- (law) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
- It is unlikely he will be convicted; the evidence against him is circumstantial at best.
Translations
pertaining to circumstances
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abounding with circumstances; minute in details
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full of pomp
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suggesting guilty but not proving it
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Noun
circumstantial (plural circumstantials)
- (chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
- the circumstantials of religion
Antonyms
Translations
something incidental
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