circumstantially
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
according to circumstances
he was convicted circumstantially
Sense 2 adverb
insofar as the circumstances are concerned
the account was circumstantially accurate
Sense 3 adverb
in minute detail
our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses
Related & opposite
- circumstantial derived from
- minute derived from
Sense 4 adverb
without advance planning
they met accidentally
Related & opposite
- intentionally antonym
- unexpected derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | circumstantial |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | minute |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | intentionally |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | unexpected |