Circumstantial
[sɜːkəm'stænʃ(ə)l] or [,sɝkəm'stænʃl]
Definition
(adj.) fully detailed and specific about particulars; 'a circumstantial report about the debate' .
Typist: Psyche--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
(a.) Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
(a.) Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
(n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
Typist: Lolita
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Particular, minute, detailed.
Typist: Sadie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inferential, constructive, minute, detailed, elaborate, specific
ANT:Jocular, positive, inaccurate, loose, general
Checker: Sandra
Examples
- Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing, answered Holmes thoughtfully. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At the same time I recognize that the evidence is purely circumstantial, and that some new development may upset it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs Tickit, though minutely circumstantial in her reply, had no settled opinion between five seconds and ten minutes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is strong circumstantial evidence, I will admit, but it is not positive proof. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The facts which are cited in support of this opinion are too numerous and too circumstantial not to deserve a certain degree of credit. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If ever circumstantial evidence pointed to a criminal it does so here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is the first great revolution in the affairs of mankind of which history has preserved any distinct and circumstantial account. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The style is very plain and simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little too circumstantial. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- My memory is circumstantial and unshaken. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Thoughtless and superficial people may say, Here is surely a very trumpery little incident related in an absurdly circumstantial manner. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Sandra