English-Thai Dictionary
circumstantial
ADJ ที่ ขึ้นอยู่กับ สถานการณ์ presumptive presumed ti-kuen-yu-kab-sa-ta-na-kan
circumstantial
ADJ ที่ มี รายละเอียด detailed environmental ti-me-rai-lar-iad
circumstantial
ADJ ที่ ไม่ได้ สำคัญ เป็น อันดับ แรก incidental secondary ti-mai-dai-sam-kan-pen-an-dab-raek
circumstantiality
N ภาวะแวดล้อม ความ ละเอียด สถานการณ์
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
a. 1. Attending; relating to; but not essential.
2. Consisting in or pertaining to circumstances, or to particular incidents.
3. Incidental; casual.
4. Abounding with circumstances, or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular; as a circumstantial account or recital.
5. In law, circumstantial evidence is that which is obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
n.Circumstantials, in the plural, are things incident to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to essentials; as the circumstantials of religion.
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY
n. 1. The appendage of circumstances; the state of any thing as modified by circumstances.
2. Particularity in exhibiting circumstances; minuteness; as the circumstantiality of a story or description.
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY
adv. 1. According to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
2. Minutely; exactly; in every circumstance of particular.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
Cir `cum *stan "tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. circonstanciel. ]
1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents. The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. Paley.
2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential. We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship. .. and what is merely circumstantial. Sharp.
3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular. Tedious and circumstantial recitals. Prior. Circumstantial evidence (Law ), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. Wharton.
Syn. -- See Minute.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL
CIRCUMSTANTIAL Cir `cum *stan "tial, n.
Defn: Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. Addison.
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY
CIRCUMSTANTIALITY Cir `cum *stan `ti *al "i *ty, n.
Defn: The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality. " De Quincey.
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY
CIRCUMSTANTIALLY Cir `cum *stan "tial *ly, adv.
1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally. Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. Glanvill.
2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely. To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials. Boyle.
New American Oxford Dictionary
circumstantial
cir cum stan tial |ˌsərkəmˈstanCHəl ˈˌsərkəmˈstæn (t )ʃəl | ▶adjective 1 (of evidence or a legal case ) pointing indirectly toward someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it. 2 (of a description ) containing full details: the picture was circumstantial and therefore convincing. DERIVATIVES cir cum stan ti al i ty |-ˌstanCHēˈalətē |noun, cir cum stan tial ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance ) + -al .
Oxford Dictionary
circumstantial
cir ¦cum |stan ¦tial |səːkəmˈstanʃ (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it: the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence. 2 (of a description ) containing full details: the picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing. DERIVATIVES circumstantiality |-ʃɪˈalɪti |noun, circumstantially adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance ) + -al .
American Oxford Thesaurus
circumstantial
circumstantial adjective 1 they have only circumstantial evidence: indirect, inferred, deduced, conjectural; inconclusive, unprovable. 2 a circumstantial account: detailed, particularized, comprehensive, thorough, exhaustive; explicit, specific.
Oxford Thesaurus
circumstantial
circumstantial adjective 1 the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence: indirect, inferred, inferential, deduced, presumed, conjectural; contingent; inconclusive, unprovable; technical presumptive, implicative. ANTONYMS provable. 2 the picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing: detailed, particularized, particular, precise, minute, blow-by-blow; full, comprehensive, thorough, exhaustive; explicit, specific. ANTONYMS vague.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
circumstantial
cir cum stan tial /sə̀ː r kəmstǽnʃ (ə )l /形容詞 ⦅かたく ⦆1 状況の, 状況による .2 偶然その時の, 偶発的な ; 付随的な, 二次的な (secondary ).3 詳細な .~̀ é vidence 〘法 〙情況証拠, 間接証拠 (↔direct evidence ).~ly 副詞