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.

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