circumstantial 音标拼音: [s
, ɚkəmst'æntʃəl] [s
, ɚkəmst'ænʃəl]
a . 依照情况的
依照情况的
circumstantial adj 1 :
fully detailed and specific about particulars ; "
a circumstantial report about the debate "
Circumstantial \
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n .
Something incidental to the main subject ,
but of less importance ;
opposed to an essential ; --
generally in the plural ;
as ,
the circumstantials of religion . --
Addison .
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circonstanciel .]
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1 .
Consisting in ,
or pertaining to ,
circumstances or particular incidents .
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The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety .
--
Paley .
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2 .
Incidental ;
relating to ,
but not essential .
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We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . .
and what is merely circumstantial . --
Sharp .
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3 .
Abounding with circumstances ;
detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances ;
minute ;
particular .
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Tedious and circumstantial recitals . --
Prior .
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{
Circumstantial evidence } (
Law ),
evidence obtained from circumstances ,
which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature ,
from which arises presumption .
According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party ;
but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support .
All testimony is more or less circumstantial . --
Wharton .
Syn :
See {
Minute }.
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124 Moby Thesaurus words for "
circumstantial ":
absolute ,
accessory ,
accidental ,
accompanying ,
accurate ,
additional ,
adducible ,
admissible ,
ado ,
adscititious ,
adventitious ,
afloat ,
afoot ,
aleatory ,
appurtenant ,
ascititious ,
attestative ,
attestive ,
authentic ,
auxiliary ,
based on ,
blow -
by -
blow ,
casual ,
certain ,
chance ,
close ,
collateral ,
complete ,
conclusive ,
conditional ,
contingent ,
convincing ,
cumulative ,
current ,
damning ,
decisive ,
deduced ,
detailed ,
determinative ,
documentary ,
documented ,
doing ,
eventuating ,
evidential ,
evidentiary ,
ex parte ,
exact ,
explicit ,
extra ,
extraneous ,
eye -
witness ,
factual ,
final ,
firsthand ,
fortuitous ,
founded on ,
full ,
going on ,
grounded on ,
happening ,
hearsay ,
implicative ,
implicit ,
implied ,
in hand ,
in the wind ,
incidental ,
incontrovertible ,
indicative ,
indirect ,
indisputable ,
inessential ,
inferential ,
inferred ,
interpretive ,
irrefutable ,
irresistible ,
itemized ,
material ,
minute ,
nice ,
nonessential ,
nuncupative ,
occasional ,
occurring ,
on ,
on foot ,
ongoing ,
overwhelming ,
particular ,
particularized ,
passing ,
precise ,
presumable ,
presumed ,
presumptive ,
prevailing ,
prevalent ,
probative ,
provisional ,
reliable ,
replete ,
resultant ,
secondary ,
significant ,
specific ,
strict ,
subsidiary ,
suggestive ,
superadded ,
superfluous ,
supervenient ,
supplemental ,
supplementary ,
sure ,
symptomatic ,
taking place ,
telling ,
thorough ,
under way ,
unessential ,
unimportant ,
valid ,
weighty
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