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adverb
- according to circumstances
He was convicted circumstantially.
source: WordNet 3.0
- insofar as the circumstances are concerned
The account was circumstantially accurate.
source: WordNet 3.0
- in minute detail
Our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses.
source: WordNet 3.0
- without advance planning
They met accidentally.
source: WordNet 3.0
- In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.
source: Webster 1913