circumstantiality

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When Bach's recital with all its circumstantiality and its simulated completeness of strange and illuminating details became known, there lacked but little to hailing the imaginative scamp as a deliverer.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

Willing as we were to believe our own side to be the most truthful, it was not always possible to ignore the circumstantiality of our opponents.

From In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland by Morse, John

Their readiness, their resources, their promptitude, the elaborate circumstantiality of their lies are astonishing.

From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George

The speeches abound in details which may be accepted as authentic, either because there is no reason for misrepresentation or on account of their circumstantiality.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

There is, however, a strange story, told with much circumstantiality, which gives an elaborate but incomprehensible account of a tragic underplot in connection with him.

From What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence by Gerard, John