(uncountable) Extreme attention to minute or irrelevant detail. / (countable) A minor detail or circumstantial matter.

Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential. / Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.

(chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.

in a circumstantial manner / In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally. / In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence / To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumstantiate

simple past tense and past participle of circumstantiate

present participle of circumstantiate

plural of circumstantial

plural of circumstantiality