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circumstantially

/sur-kuhm-stan-shuhl/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈstæn ʃəl //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃəl) //

旁证,旁证法,旁敲侧击地,旁敲侧击

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
    • : of the nature of a circumstance; secondary; incidental: of circumstantial importance.
    • : dealing with or giving circumstances; detailed; particular: a circumstantial report of a business conference.
    • : pertaining to conditions of material welfare.

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Examples

  • While there are numerous reports of this happening, the data are circumstantial, given that states regularly fail to report doses they throw out, as ProPublica recently reported.

  • It may be right, however, to consider more circumstantially the question of the historical authority of Homer.

  • He had eaten many a young bird of these bushes, I was sure—yet only circumstantially sure.

  • Though this story was very circumstantially told, and with a sufficient detail of particulars, it did not pass unquestioned.

  • The discovery was of course miraculous, and he reported it circumstantially to the Patriarchs Galvius and Candidus.

  • He drew back horrified when told circumstantially of the underground cells.