circumstantial

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cir·cum·stan·tial [circumstantial circumstantials] BrE [ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃl] NAmE [ˌsɜːrkəmˈstænʃl] adjective
1. (law)containing information and details that strongly suggest that sth is true but do not prove it
•circumstantial evidence
•The case against him was largely circumstantial.
2. (formal)connected with particular circumstances
•Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia, (from circumstare ‘encircle, encompass’, from circum ‘around’ + stare ‘stand’) + ↑-al.