Adverb: circumstantially ,sur-kum'stan-shu-lee
- According to circumstances
"he was convicted circumstantially"
- Insofar as the circumstances are concerned
"the account was circumstantially accurate"
- In minute detail
"our inability to see everything circumstantially and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses";
- minutely
- Without advance planning
"they met circumstantially";
- by chance, accidentally, unexpectedly