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Circumstantially

Definition: Circumstantially

Circumstantially

Adverb

1. According to circumstances; "he was convicted circumstantially".

2. So far as the circumstances are concerned; "the account was circumstantially accurate".

3. In minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses".

4. Without advance planning; "they met accidentally".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "circumstantially" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)


Synonyms: Circumstantially

Synonyms: accidentally (adv), by chance (adv), minutely (adv), unexpectedly (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: intentionally (adv). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Circumstantially

"Circumstantially" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Circumstantially" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%5157,705

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Circumstantially

Language Translations for "circumstantially"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rastësisht (accidentally, at a venture, at times, by accident, by chance, casually, incidentally, overly), imtësisht (minutely), hollësisht (in detail, minutely, particularly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏بدقة (accurately, carefully, fussily, minutely, narrowly, on time, painstakingly, precisely, strictly, true). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

случайно (accidentally, at random, by accident, by chance, casually, fortuitously, happily, idly, incidentally, occasionally, on occasion, perchance, sporadically), с всички подробности (at large), косвено (imputedly, indirectly), на дълго и широко. (various references)

   

Czech

  

nahodile (at random, haphazardly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yksityiskohtaisesti (in detail, minutely), seikkaperäisesti (in detail, minutely), juurtajaksaen (at lenght, in detail). (various references)

   

French

  

avec tous les détails. (various references)

   

German

  

umständliche (intricately). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κατά συμπέρασμα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

részletesen (at large, fully, in detail), minden körülményre kiterjedően. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ircumstantiallycay

   

Russian 

  

подробно (at length, in detail, minutely, narrowly). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sticajem okolnosti (circumstanced, circumstantial). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

circunstancialmente. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

omständligt. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

với nhiều chi tiết, tường tận (circumstantial). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Circumstantially"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "circumstantially" (pronounced ser'kumsta"nkhulē or ser'kumsta"nshulē)
5-n kh u l ēpreferentially, presidentially, quintessentially, sequentially, tangentially.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preliminarily, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.
8-s t a" n sh u l ēsubstantially.
6-a" n sh u l ēfinancially.
5-n sh u l ēconfidentially, essentially, exponentially, potentially, provincially.
4-sh u l ēartificially, beneficially, commercially, impartially, initially, judicially, officially, partially, racially, socially, specially, unofficially.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, conceptually, conditionally, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Circumstantially

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-l-l-m-n-r-s-t-t-u-y"

-2 letters: circumstantial.

-4 letters: artistically, autistically, inarticulacy, matriculants, naturalistic, uncritically.

-5 letters: actinically, antimusical, caustically, masculinity, matriculant, matutinally, multiracial, satirically, syntactical, titanically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Circumstantially


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 72 63 75 6D 73 74 61 6E 74 69 61 6C 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ..    .-.    -.-.    ..-    --    ...    -    .-    -.    -    ..    .-    .-..    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110010 01100011 01110101 01101101 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#114 &#99 &#117 &#109 &#115 &#116 &#97 &#110 &#116 &#105 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0072 0063 0075 006D 0073 0074 0061 006E 0074 0069 0061 006C 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37758469877985866780867567787891

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Circumstantially"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, ‏الألبانية, ‏الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتانarabishte, ‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, ‏تشيكي, ‏اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, ‏التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, người Séc tiếng Séc

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutosfinlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, ‏اللغة الفنلندية, ‏فنلندية, ‏فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, tiếng Phần-lan

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, người Nga tiếng Nga

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, ‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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