Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tangential manner; in the direction of a tangent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the direction of a tangent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
tangential manner or direction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in passing
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Examples
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How is the title tangentially related to π Day?
Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Kuropatwa 2006
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How is the title tangentially related to π Day?
LEaRning can bE fUn! Darren Kuropatwa 2006
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There's lots more wrong with this story, but let's finish with one of the closing paragraphs: Rove's defense team also believes he could benefit tangentially from the Woodward disclosure because it shows other officials were discussing Plame in casual ways and that others have foggy recollections of the period as well, according to a Republican close to Rove.
11/17/2005 2005
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Synchrotron radiation emitted tangentially from the orbit, is pulsed, polarized and occurs with high intensity over a wide spectrum of wavelengths.
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For anyone who’d like to know more about how it works, a book that relates tangentially is Helene Stapinki’s memoir of a growing up in a Jersey City family, Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History (Random House, 2002).
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For anyone who’d like to know more about how it works, a book that relates tangentially is Helene Stapinki’s memoir of a growing up in a Jersey City family, Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History (Random House, 2002).
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People fear him, but none of those adventures, which could at least be defined as tangentially science fiction, appear to exist.
Archive 2008-05-01 Fred Perry 2008
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People fear him, but none of those adventures, which could at least be defined as tangentially science fiction, appear to exist.
Northwest of Earth Fred Perry 2008
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If you read the actual loan agreement (the first link I posted above), or Mark Schmitt's description of it and what it means (the second link I posted above), you'll see that he is doing much more than just involving the FEC "tangentially".
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This is kind of tangentially involved with this lead since its discussing obama's response to clinton I's claim of "swiftboating."
Obama Rejects Bill's Implication That Hillary Was Swiftboated 2009
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