Dictionary entry

Circumstantially

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cir′cum‐stan″tial‐ly (?), adv. 1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different.

Glanvill.

2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials.

Boyle.