tangentially

[ tan-jen-shuh-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that barely touches or involves someone or something:
The subject’s tempestuous first marriage is only tangentially dealt with in the biography.
in a way that is only slightly related or relevant:
The novel dedicates a huge amount of space to characters and events that are, at most, tangentially connected to the main plot.
in a divergent or digressive way:
Whether or not this is easier, as I have tangentially mentioned, is in fact a difficult question.

But DARPA has learned that wavefronts move tangentially along walls as well.

At Davos, the issue is tangentially on the agenda, with sessions on youth unemployment.

The internal language and logic of the markets is related to what is going on in the real world, but right now only tangentially.

Its adhesion being overcome in the least possible degree, it moves in the same degree tangentially.

The appendage should have the appearance of flowing smoothly and, if possible, tangentially from the primary mass.

The other elements of the wood shrink radially and tangentially, but almost none lengthwise or vertically as applied to the tree.

Folding of the rocks resulted from the operation of great compressive forces acting tangentially to the figure of the earth.

The fusees are fixed obliquely and not tangentially to their peripheries.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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