circumstantial
adj
1 (of a description) giving full details (指描述)详细的.
2 (of evidence) consisting of details that strongly suggest sth but do not prove it (指证据)有充分细节却无法证实的
You can't convict a man of a crime on circumstantial evidence alone. 不能只靠旁证就判定一个人有罪.
Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were son covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.