under the circumstances

1. Also, in the circumstances. Given these conditions, such being the case, as in Under the circumstances we can't leave Mary out. This idiom uses circumstance in the sense of “a particular situation,” a usage dating from the late 1300s. It may also be modified in various ways, such as under any circumstances meaning “no matter what the situation,” as in We'll phone her under any circumstances; under no circumstances, meaning “in no case, never,” as in Under no circumstances may you smoke; under any other circumstances, meaning “in a different situation,” as in I can't work under any other circumstances; and under the same circumstances, meaning “given the same situation,” as in Under the same circumstances anyone would have done the same.

Example Sentences

Pressed about why the bank won’t consider taking rates lower, Macklem said he can only do so much under the circumstances.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

"If we do manage to take off tonight, we'll count ourselves lucky under the circumstances," she said.

Read more on BBC

With nearly 700 firefighters working for multiple days in triple-digit temperatures, crews are “managing the heat well under the circumstances,” he added.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

He wrote that he was aware AI tools can cause "strong feelings in people" but wanted to try and offer the "best advice" under the circumstances.

Read more on BBC

“They were trying to do what they could under the circumstances to prevent him from getting closer.”

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• appropriately 
• correspondingly www.thesaurus.com
• properly 
• proportionately www.thesaurus.com
• respectively 
• subsequently 
• therefore 
• thus