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circumstantial Adjective 1. (of evidence) strongly suggesting something but not proving it 2. fully detailed
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circumstantial adjective 1. indirect, contingent, incidental, inferential, presumptive, conjectural, founded on circumstances Translations circumstantial [səːkəmˈstænʃl] adj [report, statement] → circonstancié(e); circumstantial evidence → preuve indirecte circumstantial [səːkəmˈstænʃl] circumstances adj → ausführlich; circumstantial evidence circumstances → Indizienbeweis m circumstantial [ˈsəːkəmˈstænʃəl] adj [report, statement] → circostanziato/a, dettagliato/a; circumstantial evidence → prova indiretta How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In his lay capacity, he persisted in sitting down in the damp to such an insane extent, that when his coat was taken off to be dried at the kitchen fire, the circumstantial evidence on his trousers would have hanged him if it had been a capital offence. They must be satisfied with the best circumstantial evidence. For the truth is, our dear friend Rebecca had given him a most circumstantial narration of Briggs's delight at receiving her money--eleven hundred and twenty-five pounds--and in what securities she had invested it; and what a pang Becky herself felt in being obliged to pay away such a delightful sum of money. |
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