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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only

circumstantially

different.

Glanvill.

In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

To set down somewhat

circumstantially

, not only the events, but the manner of my trials.

Boyle.

, adv.

According to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Minutely; exactly; in every circumstance of particular.

circumstantially ‎(comparative more circumstantially, superlative most circumstantially)

in a circumstantial manner
In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
- Glanvill
  Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different.
In every circumstance or particular; minutely.
- Boyle
  To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials.