Circumstantial and Summary

Circumstantial

Circumstantial adjective - Including many small descriptive features.
Usage example: the circumstantial account of his surgery told us more than we really wanted to know about the stomach

Summary is an antonym for circumstantial.

Summary

Summary adjective - Marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning.

Circumstantial is an antonym for summary.

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