circumstantial detail
1circumstantial — circumstantial, minute, particular, particularized, detailed, itemized are comparable when they mean dealing with a matter point by point. Circumstantial applies especially to accounts of events or to narratives, but it is applicable also to the… …
2circumstantial — [sʉr΄kəm stan′shəl] adj. 1. having to do with, or depending on, circumstances 2. not of primary importance; incidental 3. full or complete in detail 4. full of pomp or display; ceremonial circumstantially adv …
3circumstantial — adjective Date: 1600 1. belonging to, consisting in, or dependent on circumstances < a circumstantial case > < circumstantial factors > 2. pertinent but not essential ; incidental 3. marked by c …
4circumstantial — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Detailed] Syn. minute, environmental, precise; see detailed . 2. [Depending upon circumstances] Syn. presumptive, presumed, inferential, indirect, inconclusive, inferred, implied, deduced, incidental, secondary,… …
5circumstantial — adj. 1 given in full detail (a circumstantial account). 2 (of evidence, a legal case, etc.) tending to establish a conclusion by inference from known facts hard to explain otherwise. 3 a depending on circumstances. b adventitious, incidental.… …
6Acts of the Apostles — • The fifth book of the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Acts of the Apostles Acts of the Apostles † …
7The City and the Stars —   …
8Swift, Jonathan — born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English. He was a student at Dublin s Trinity College during the anti Catholic Revolution of 1688 in England. Irish Catholic reaction in… …
9Parable — For a comparison of parable with other kinds of stories, see Myth, legend, fairy tale, and fable. The Parable of the Good Samaritan by Jan Wijnants (1670) shows the Good Samaritan tending the injured man. A parable is …
10Haakon Chevalier — Haakon Maurice Chevalier (September 10, 1901 mdash; July 4, 1985) was an author, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist Robert Oppenheimer whom he met… …
