Synonyms for circumstantial
ˌsɜr kəmˈstæn ʃəlcir·cum·stan·tial

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1. circumstantial

   That is minute which is of exceedingly limited dimensions, as a grain of dust, or which attends to matters of exceedingly slight amount or apparent importance; as, a minute account; minute observation. That which is broken up into minute particles is said to be comminuted; things may be termed fine which would not be termed comminuted; as, fine sand; fine gravel; but, in using the adverb, we say a substance is finely comminuted, comminuted referring more to the process, fine to the result. An account extended to very minute particulars is circumstantial, detailed, particular; an examination so extended is critical, exact, precise. Compare FINE.

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   Synonyms:
   comminuted, critical, detailed, diminutive, exact, fine, little, minute, particular, precise, slender, small, tiny

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1. circumstantial

   Synonyms:
   inferential, constructive, minute, detailed, elaborate, specific

   Antonyms:
   jocular, positive, inaccurate, loose, general

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1. circumstantialadjective

   fully detailed and specific about particulars

   "a circumstantial report about the debate"

   Antonyms:
   nonspecific, general

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1. circumstantialadjective

   Synonyms:
   particular, minute, detailed

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1. List of paraphrases for "circumstantial":

   indirect, situational, anecdotal, circumstance

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1. Eric Chaffee:

   You're always dealing with circumstantial evidence. We don't have the ability to probe people's minds.

2. Harry Litman:

   The complication of the past 24 hours with the Paul Manafort plea agreement having imploded almost sets the table with a circumstantial case of obstruction, any pardon now would look like a reward to Paul Manafort for an extraordinary kind of double-cross of the prosecutor here both promising to be truthful and not being so, then funneling information to Donald Trump -- which I can not tell you how extraordinary it is.

3. Ian Harrison:

   The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.

4. Misty Marris:

   This all under the guise of those very, very damaging social media searches that really was that blueprint of his actions, according to prosecutors, this really put the puzzle together to show the story, which is what was needed in a circumstantial evidence case to establish probable cause.

5. Jerome K. Jerome:

   Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.