• (a.) Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. • (a.) Incidental; relating to, but not essential. • (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. • (a.) Consi... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/circumstantial/
Cir`cum·stan'tial adjective [ Confer French circonstanciel .] 1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. « The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. Paley. » 2. Incidenta... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/82
circumstantial, circumstantially, circumstantiality 1. Containing or based on facts that allow a court to deduce that somebody is legally guilty without conclusive proof; circumstantial evidence. 2. Relating to, or dependent on circumstances. 3. Of no primary significance; incidental. 4. Complete and particular; full of detail. 5. Speech or thi... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2026/3
of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result. · of the nature of a circumstance; secondary; incidental: of circumstantial importance. · dealing with or giving circumstances; detailed; particular: a circumstantial report of a business conference. · pertaining to conditions of material welfare. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/circumstantial