| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷chəlē, -li adverb
: in a circumstantial manner: as
a. : in respect to circumstances
an account that was circumstantially accurate though incomplete
b. : not essentially : accidentally
a mere acquaintance only circumstantially related to the victim
c. : in detail : minutely
sit down, and compose herself, and tell him circumstantially what had been done — George Meredith
d. : according to or by means of circumstantial evidence
finally convicted not by eyewitnesses but circumstantially