- (a.) Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.
- (a.) Incidental; relating to, but not essential.
- (n.) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion.
- (a.) Consisting in or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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