How do you use Peripherally in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like centrally, plus the exact meaning.
Peripherally meaning
- In a peripheral manner.
- At or towards a periphery.
Synonyms of Peripherally
Using Peripherally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a peripheral manner. | At or towards a periphery.
- Useful related words include: centrally.
- In the example corpus, peripherally often appears in combinations such as: only peripherally, peripherally inserted, were peripherally.
Context around Peripherally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peripherally
- In this selection, "peripherally" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, involved, familiar and effective stand out and add context to how "peripherally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are only peripherally referenced in and he was peripherally involved in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peripherally" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peripherally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The society was divided into two peripherally interrelated sectors. (9 words)
It should be noted these themes are only peripherally referenced in a traditional Jewish Seder. (15 words)
Hanson (2006), p. 242 These few troops were peripherally effective in an offensive sense, but critical in providing defense for the oarsmen. (22 words)
He said he was peripherally involved in the late 90s in the case that saw Spain try to extradite the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from the United Kingdom, where he was arrested while seeking medical treatment. (37 words)
Both Nesmith (a skilled guitarist and bassist) and Tork (who could play several stringed and keyboard instruments) were peripherally familiar with the instrument but both declined to give the drum set a try. (33 words)
Everything was considered, too — where a particular store stands, how big the window displays are, how each area is lit, the shapes and shades that the eye observes (even if only peripherally). (32 words)
Example sentences (8)
He said he was peripherally involved in the late 90s in the case that saw Spain try to extradite the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from the United Kingdom, where he was arrested while seeking medical treatment.
Everything was considered, too — where a particular store stands, how big the window displays are, how each area is lit, the shapes and shades that the eye observes (even if only peripherally).
Both Nesmith (a skilled guitarist and bassist) and Tork (who could play several stringed and keyboard instruments) were peripherally familiar with the instrument but both declined to give the drum set a try.
Hanson (2006), p. 242 These few troops were peripherally effective in an offensive sense, but critical in providing defense for the oarsmen.
It should be noted these themes are only peripherally referenced in a traditional Jewish Seder.
Similarly, a cutaway scene is the interruption of a scene with the insertion of another scene, generally unrelated or only peripherally related to the original scene.
The society was divided into two peripherally interrelated sectors.
This was a piece of string attached to a stepper motor and controlled by a LAN connection; network activity caused the string to twitch, yielding a peripherally noticeable indication of traffic.
Common combinations with peripherally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: