adverb
- According to circumstances.
- usage: "he was convicted circumstantially"
- Insofar as the circumstances are concerned.
- usage: "the account was circumstantially accurate"
- In minute detail.
- usage: "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"
- synonyms: minutely
- Without advance planning.
- usage: "they met accidentally"
- synonyms: by chance, accidentally, unexpectedly
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