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.