Associations to the word «Circumstantial»

Wiktionary

CIRCUMSTANTIAL, adjective. Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL, adjective. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL, adjective. Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL, noun. (chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.

Dictionary definition

CIRCUMSTANTIAL, adjective. Fully detailed and specific about particulars; "a circumstantial report about the debate".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne