circumstantial

circumstantial
adjective
  1. (of evidence or a legal case) pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it
    (证据,案件)间接指认罪行但不能确证的
  2. (of a description) containing full details
    (描述)详尽的,详细的
    the picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing.
    描述得如此详尽,有点令人信服了。
派生
circumstantiality
noun
circumstantially
adverb
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance) + -al
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