Sekirov Dictionary

circumstantial

UK /səːkəmˈstanʃəl/US /səɹ.kəmˈstænʃəl/

adjective 4
noun 2
forms 3

adjective4

•
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
- We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship […] and what is merely circumstantial. — 1754
•
Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.
- It is unlikely he will be convicted; the evidence against him is circumstantial at best.
•
Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
- My Unkle's account is more circumstantial I must confess—but I believe mine is the true one for all that. — 1777
Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.

noun2

[in the plural] Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
An adjunct or circumstant.

forms

circumstantials · more circumstantial · most circumstantial

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