circumstantial
IPA: sɝkʌmstˈæntʃʌɫ
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
adjective
- Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
- Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
- Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
- (law) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
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Examples of "circumstantial" in Sentences
- The circumstantial evidence is strong.
- The current evidence is circumstantial.
- The connection is circumstantial and not causal.
- All of the evidence appears to be circumstantial.
- The evidence is circumstantial and far from conclusive.
- From the beginning the evidence has been circumstantial.
- The evidence for this is circumstantial and the conclusion contested.
- In the courtroom Henderson argued that the evidence was circumstantial.
- Circumstantial moral luck concerns the surroundings of the moral agent.
- He is the only suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial.