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. Henri Barkey:

   There is circumstantial evidence that people close to Fethullah Gulen were involved in the coup, but this was a coup that was not just related to Fethullah Gulen, but a coalition of different officers, each of whom had their own reasons to participate, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did have a hand, it does n’t mean that Fethullah Gulen did not. We don’t know.

4. Ziv Cohen:

   That, again, is circumstantial evidence, but it could point to something that's more suggestive of intimate partner violence.

5. Veronica Renzi:

   The text is strong circumstantial evidence, texts that people write, assuming they can be authenticated, are very powerful because they show someone's state of mind and can be directly attributed to them.