circumstantial

Examples

• All

• Here we have a thrilling story with circumstantial detail, the names of people and places.

  Blog text (22)

• But it was what he's told them over the years that eventually built a circumstantial case against him.

  Blog text (1)

• So we need as much circumstantial evidence, as much authentication as possible.

  In the Hand of Dante (2025)

• The paragraph in question is notably marked by an abundance of circumstantial elements.

  Academic text (2005)

• As I read books and dug around, I found some very interesting circumstantial clues and coincidences that I used to write the book.

  Blog text (18)

• Well, it's very vivid and rather shocking, and there are some genuine circumstantial bits of evidence.

  Scoop (2006)

• The translation, seeking to improve a number of circumstantial details, is in places a deliberative rewriting of the original.

  Academic text (2016)

• Another Missouri Jesuit, Ferdinand Coosemans, provides a circumstantial description of how the system worked.

  Academic text (2005)

• The contents of Blustein's article were circumstantial and anecdotal; however, as Blustein is considered an insider on IMF affairs, his article was of interest.

  Academic text (2004)

• The report included circumstantial evidence that detailed every aspect of the investigation.

Antonyms

V

vague

230 4.6

Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant

S

superficial

94 5.6

Not thorough and only about what is obvious, not deep

Compounds

C

circumstantial evidence

• Specialized

33 6.7

Proof that does not directly show something but points to it from other facts

How Detailed

exhaustive

• Formal

32 6.6

minute

• Formal

6.4

circumstantial

2 7.9

thorough

205 4.6

detailed

353 3.7

general

56 4.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology