circumstantially

Example Sentences

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The following summer was, albeit circumstantially, wetter, duller and slightly warmer than average.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

But a defendant’s knowledge is almost always proved circumstantially; the elaborate scheme to “gross up” and therefore disguise the $130,000 reimbursement to Cohen demonstrated a consciousness of guilt sufficient to prove knowledge of illegality.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

With Benzema out injured and Griezmann dropping into a midfield role, the Mbappe-Giroud partnership has happened circumstantially.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022

Talk to me about how circumstantially, you can change that expression.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2021

Though little is circumstantially related, yet frequent outbreakings, scattered throughout the writings of Spenser, commemorate the main incidents of his existence.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac