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Adjective: circumstantial  ,sur-kum'stan-shul
  1. Indirectly suggesting something (esp. guilt), but not directly proving it
    "Where the Crown case rests substantially on circumstantial evidence a jury cannot return a guilty verdict unless the Crown has excluded all reasonable hypotheses consistent with innocence"
     
  2. Fully detailed and specific about particulars
    "a circumstantial report about the debate"

See also: specific

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