/serr'keuhm stan'shee al"i tee/ , n. , pl. circumstantialities for 2, 3.
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 eventually reaches its goal idea.
[ 1725-35; CIRCUMSTANTIAL + -ITY ]