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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.