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What is another word for circumstantial?

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Adjective

Pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it

Of or pertaining to a particular situation or circumstance

Having or including many small details or features

Relating to the given situation or location but of minor importance

Based on an account given by a person, as opposed to scientific in nature

Concerned with what is actually the case (based on facts)

Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning

Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements

Assumed to be, or worthy of being, believed or accepted as true

A single item or detail in an extended discussion, list, or text

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Adjective

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Pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it

“There was a substantial body of circumstantial evidence implicating the accused in addition to the informer's evidence.”

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Of or pertaining to a particular situation or circumstance

“The defendant's alibi was weak since it relied solely on circumstantial evidence rather than concrete proof.”

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Having or including many small details or features

itemized^US

itemised^UK

focused^US

focussed^UK

specialised^UK

specialized^US

lock stock and barrel

leaving no stone unturned

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“They do add bits of circumstantial detail, but the images are like glittery found objects glued to the surface of a sculpture.”

Adjective

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Relating to the given situation or location but of minor importance

Adjective

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Based on an account given by a person, as opposed to scientific in nature

Adjective

Concerned with what is actually the case (based on facts)

as it really happened

word for word

telling it like it is

straight from horse's mouth

in accordance with the facts

historically accurate

what actually happened

straight from the horse's mouth

the real McCoy

based on facts

true in every respect

beyond a shadow of a doubt

open and shut

in accordance with reality

as true as I'm sitting here

as true as I'm standing here

one hundred percent true

from the horse's mouth

along the right lines

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Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning

occurring by accident

at the mercy of events

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Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements

laboured^UK

labored^US

skilful^UK

skillful^US

itemized^US

full of twists and turns

itemised^UK

difficult to understand

going to great lengths

ravelled^UK

raveled^US

specialised^UK

specialized^US

leaving no stone unturned

impossible to understand

not easily understood

impossible to separate

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

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Assumed to be, or worthy of being, believed or accepted as true

within the bounds of possibility

within the realms of possibility

what one would expect

not taking no for an answer

more than likely

most likely

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Noun

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A single item or detail in an extended discussion, list, or text

specialty^US

speciality^UK

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