circumstantial
adjective
[ səːkəmˈstanʃ(ə)l ]
• pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it.
• "the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence"
Similar:
indirect,
inferred,
inferential,
deduced,
presumed,
conjectural,
contingent,
inconclusive,
unprovable,
presumptive,
implicative,
Opposite:
provable,
• (of a description) containing full details.
• "the picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing"
Similar:
detailed,
particularized,
particular,
precise,
minute,
blow-by-blow,
full,
comprehensive,
thorough,
exhaustive,
explicit,
specific,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance) + -al.
