Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circumstantially"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
circumstantially
adv 1: according to circumstances; "he was convicted
circumstantially"
2: so far as the circumstances are concerned; "the account was
circumstantially accurate"
3: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely
and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"
[syn: {minutely}]
4: without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: {by
chance}, {accidentally}, {unexpectedly}] [ant: {intentionally}]
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