circumstantial
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌsɜrkəmˈstænʧəl/
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circunstancial
- The jury found the defendant guilty based mainly on circumstantial evidence presented by the prosecution.
- circumstantial evidence
- based on circumstantial evidence
- circumstantial evidence points to
So there are these kind of real circumstantial pressures to act that way.
- So there are these kind of real circumstantial pressures to act that way.
- But again, lack of proof, but tremendous circumstantial support for it.
- But that opened my eyes maybe more than anything to the circumstantial cruelty of humans.
- He defines change as circumstantial and situational.
- That starts being kind of intuitive circumstantial evidence.
- It's circumstantial evidence, but it's probably true.
- Is that always circumstantial to this being over that cosine?
- The shift may be circumstantial things will change.
- You know, it is super circumstantial and.
- And what what it, you know, what I come to understand was it was circumstantial for him.
- And so this the the case that I study, the only checks and balances on executive power are circumstantial.
- Well, the whole the whole circumstantial role that surrounds us is completely ignored or refuted by by a philosophy.
- But there was just certain things, circumstantial things about him and about his life that made it too compelling not to pass it on.
Examples
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The evidence against him is largely circumstantial.
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The state's case against him relies heavily on circumstantial evidence... and a third acquittal has already been predicted.
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- That is known as circumstantial evidence.
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We're not talking circumstantial evidence.
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Your Honor, the defense has told us in their opening statement that their case is circumstantial.
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On the other hand, circumstantial evidence presented throughout the book suggests otherwise.
Academic text (2003) -
Well, there's a lot of circumstantial evidence that points in that direction.
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Everything's based on circumstantial evidence.
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So far, the opinion that disturbance by floods can benefit biodiversity seems best supported by circumstantial evidence.
Academic text (2006) -
However, there is much circumstantial evidence linking her to David Xavier.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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5.5
About the situation or background where something happens
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.7
Proof that does not directly show something but points to it from other facts
How Conditional
Surface Forms
Morphology
circumstantial = circumstance (transparent) = circumstance + ial
Meaning 'dependent on or related to particular circumstances' follows directly from 'circumstance' + '-ial'.
Etymology
Circumstantial comes from the parts circum- 'around' and stand 'to stand', so you can think of it as 'depending on what stands around' an event. That's why something circumstantial depends on the surrounding situation rather than giving direct proof.