Circumstantial: Definition and part of speech

Circumstantial

  1. n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; — generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
  2. a. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
  3. a. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
  4. a. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumstantiality: Definition and part of speech

Circumstantiality

  1. n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumstantially: Definition and part of speech

Circumstantially

  1. adv. In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
  2. adv. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Circumstantiate: Definition and part of speech

Circumstantiate

  1. v. t. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to enter into details concerning.
  2. v. t. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.