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circumstantial
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of CIRCUMSTANTIAL
including many small descriptive features <the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach>
Synonyms blow-by-blow, circumstantial, elaborate, full, minute, particular, particularized, thorough
Related Words enumerated, inventoried, itemized, listed, numerated; delineated, specific, specified; abundant, copious; comprehensive, encyclopedic, exhausting, exhaustive, inclusionary, inclusive, in-depth, omnibus, panoramic, thoroughgoing; accurate, correct, exact, precise; complete, entire, replete; distinct, explicit, sharp; mapped (out); descriptive, graphic (also graphical), picturesque, vivid
Near Antonyms brief, compact, concise, crisp, pithy, short, succinct, terse; abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, cut, pruned, shortened, trimmed; ambiguous, indeterminate, nebulous, nondescript, sketchy, vague; bird's-eye, broad, general, nonspecific, overall, unspecified
Antonyms compendious, summary
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