circumstantiality
Americannoun
plural
circumstantialities-
the quality of being circumstantial; minuteness; fullness of detail.
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a circumstance; a detail.
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Psychiatry. a pattern of speech that seems to wander because of excessive detail but eventuallyreaches its goal idea.
Etymology
Origin of circumstantiality
First recorded in 1725–35; circumstantial + -ity
Example Sentences
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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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