Definitions for circumstantial
ˌsɜr kəmˈstæn ʃəlcir·cum·stan·tial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. circumstantialadjective

   fully detailed and specific about particulars

   "a circumstantial report about the debate"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. circumstantialnoun

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

2. circumstantialadjective

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

3. circumstantialadjective

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

4. circumstantialadjective

   Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.

5. Etymology: From circumstantia + -al.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Circumstantialadjective

   Etymology: circumstantialis, low Lat.

   1. Accidental; not essential.

   This fierce abridgment
   Hath to it circumstantial branches, which
   Distinction should be rich in. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   This jurisdiction in the essentials of it, is as old as christianity; and those circumstantial additions of secular encouragement, christian princes thought necessary. Robert South, Sermons.

   Who would not prefer a religion that differs from our own in the circumstantials, before one that differs from it in the essentials. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 54.

   2. Incidental; happening by chance; casual.

   Virtue’s but anguish, when ’tis several,
   By occasion wak’d, and circumstantial. John Donne.

   3. Full of small events; particular; detailed.

   He had been provoked by men’s tedious and circumstantial recitals of their affairs, or by their multiplied questions about his own. Matthew Prior, Dedication.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. circumstantial

   Circumstantial refers to something that relates to, or is dependent on, circumstances or conditions that surround an event or situation. This term is often used in contexts where specific details, information, or evidence is not directly connected to an action or event but provides indirect suggestion or implication about it.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Circumstantialadjective

   consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents

2. Circumstantialadjective

   incidental; relating to, but not essential

3. Circumstantialadjective

   abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular

4. Circumstantialnoun

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

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of circumstantial in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of circumstantial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of circumstantial in a Sentence

1. Paul Ryan:

   The SEC's case is a purely circumstantial one, this is the mother of all circumstantial cases.

2. Ian Harrison:

   The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.

3. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

   Some employees working for Petrobras did engage in corruption or acts of corruption, the circumstantial evidence that is available from the prosecutors are pretty substantial.

4. Ziv Cohen:

   That, again, is circumstantial evidence, but it could point to something that's more suggestive of intimate partner violence.

5. Henri Barkey:

   There is circumstantial evidence that people close to Fethullah Gulen were involved in the coup, but this was a coup that was not just related to Fethullah Gulen, but a coalition of different officers, each of whom had their own reasons to participate, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did have a hand, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did not. We don’t know.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circumstantial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Circumstantial
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=circumstantial
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumstantial