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circumstantiality

[ sur-kuhm-stan-shee-al-i-tee ]

noun

plural circumstantialities
  1. the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail.
  2. a circumstance; a detail.
  3. Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of circumstantiality1

First recorded in 1725–35; circumstantial + -ity
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"There is about that a picturesque air of circumstantiality, combined with a fanciful inaccuracy, equalled only by things one reads or hears with reference to my right hon. friend, and revered leader."

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The circumstantiality of the account was equally horrible and amusing.

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"But the better to vamp up a show of reality, "The tale must be told with circumstantiality, "What vessels were conquered by Britain's bold sons, "Their quotas of men, and their number of guns.

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The account of the conception and birth of Servius Tullius is curious from its circumstantiality.

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Then Judith related, with much circumstantiality, what had occurred that morning: not toning it down in the least, but rather exaggerating here and there; for she was merry-hearted, and she liked to see the sweet Puritan face grow more and more concerned.

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