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单词 circumstantiality
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circumstantialityn.

/ˌsəːkəmstanʃɪˈalɪti/
Etymology: < circumstantial adj. + -ity suffix.
1.
a. Circumstantial quality, attention to details, particularity.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > attention to details
circumstance1509
particularity1638
minuteness1640
circumstantiality1731
circumstantialness1731
circumstancing1801
1731–6 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Circumstantiality, the quality of that which is circumstantial.
1793 J. Boswell Life Johnson III. 590 Could..the many acts of humanity he performed..be displayed with equal circumstantiality.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 20 So much had his narratives the circumstantiality of an eye-witness.
1878 J. Morley Diderot i. 88.
b. concrete. A circumstantial matter, a detail.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular
circumstances?c1225
parcela1325
partya1393
specialc1405
particular?a1425
partc1425
specialityc1443
specialty1449
especialityc1460
particularity1528
respect1533
severals1606
especial1633
particularment1642
retail1644
instance1649
circumstantiality1854
1854 T. De Quincey On Murder Postscr., in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 102 The possibility of reconciling these incidents with other circumstantialities of the case.
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 88 Such trivial circumstantialities I notice.
2. ‘The appendage of circumstances, the state of anything as modified by circumstances.’ (The only sense in Johnson.)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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