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Tangentially meaning

In a tangential manner or direction.

Using Tangentially

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a tangential manner or direction.
  • In the example corpus, tangentially often appears in combinations such as: only tangentially, tangentially related, tangentially into.

Context around Tangentially

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

spoke 1× people 1× anecdotes 1× themselves 1× linked 1× bolt 1×

Often after:

related 5× responsible 1× linked 1× affected 1× associated 1× involved 1× upon 1×

Sentence patterns with Tangentially

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as a tangentially related aside 1× at least tangentially a meeting 1× author is tangentially associated with 1× driven bolt tangentially on a 1× even people tangentially linked to 1× find themselves tangentially affected by 1× he spoke tangentially with the 1× if only tangentially 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a caveat here 1× alongside this there 1× as a tangentially 1× bailey said he 1× despite the name 1× disc main disc 1×

Common sentence endings:

and push notifications 1× caught my eye 1× common bolt circle 1× heroic paul revere 1× if only tangentially 1× in american politics 1×

Words around Tangentially

Just before it in the word index:

tangential 57 tangent 167 tangeni 2 tangency 5 tangena 2 tangen 7

Just after it in the word index:

tangents 35 tangentyere 2 tanger 27 tangerang 2 tangere 2 tangerine 62

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbe 37 abdollahian 37 abergavenny 37 abeyance 37 abounded 37 acetylene 37

Corpus analysis for Tangentially

  • In this selection, "tangentially" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, spoke, people, anecdotes, related, responsible and linked stand out and add context to how "tangentially" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as a tangentially related aside and at least tangentially a meeting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tangentially" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tangentially

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Much of it impacts only tangentially upon most of us. (10 words)

Only tangentially related but it makes me laugh, so here it is. (12 words)

Bailey said he spoke tangentially with the Attorney General about the prison regulations. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite the name, “Triforce!” has little to do with “The Legend of Zelda” video game series specifically, but rather three content creators and video game streamers who have a habit of going on long anecdotes tangentially related to video games. (40 words)

The Death of Rex Nhongo is set in 2011, just before the controversial real-life death of General Solomon Mujuru, and tells the story of characters who find themselves tangentially affected by the elite politics at play. (37 words)

A caveat here: This author is tangentially associated with Stone, by virtue of him writing the foreword to the paperback edition of Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover Ups in American Politics. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Bailey said he spoke tangentially with the Attorney General about the prison regulations.

He focuses solely on exacting revenge for his grandfather's death, completely ignoring the fact that Denji was only tangentially responsible.

Still, the movie does engage with Gotham's world and connects to the video games, so it qualifies as a Batman movie, even if only tangentially.

Tangentially related to active management is the rise of artificial intelligence in the ETF industry.

As a tangentially related aside, while an of GenAI vendors offer policies protecting customers from IP claims against them, Perplexity does not.

Pyongyang treats defections as a serious crime and is believed to hand harsh punishments to transgressors, their families, and even people tangentially linked to the incident.

Despite the name, “Triforce!” has little to do with “The Legend of Zelda” video game series specifically, but rather three content creators and video game streamers who have a habit of going on long anecdotes tangentially related to video games.

I mean a lot of behavioral things that really were not about investments or tangentially about investments.

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More in the next post because it's tangentially related to this post.

Tangentially, since it’s July 4th weekend and the two parties’ bases are clashing over national identity, I’ll leave you with this recent that caught my eye.

The Death of Rex Nhongo is set in 2011, just before the controversial real-life death of General Solomon Mujuru, and tells the story of characters who find themselves tangentially affected by the elite politics at play.

A caveat here: This author is tangentially associated with Stone, by virtue of him writing the foreword to the paperback edition of Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover Ups in American Politics.

First, Sheeran, while being a bad guy, was probably only tangentially involved in murders.

It was, at least tangentially, a meeting of great power between the champions of the two winter sports — the winners of the NBA title and the Stanley Cup.

Much of it impacts only tangentially upon most of us.

Tangentially, I’d like to debunk the most overrated Bostonian of all-time, “heroic” Paul Revere.

Alongside this, there was a more personal story that linked tangentially into the main narrative.

Only tangentially related but it makes me laugh, so here it is.

The Trump section of Vulture’s post noted that Ansari touched on Trump only tangentially when he discussed the rapid news cycle and push notifications.

Disc main Disc couplings transmit torque from a driving to a driven bolt tangentially on a common bolt circle.

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Common combinations with tangentially

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tangentially" in a sentence?
An example: "Bailey said he spoke tangentially with the Attorney General about the prison regulations." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "tangentially" from authentic English texts.
What does "tangentially" mean?
Tangentially means: In a tangential manner or direction.
How many example sentences with "tangentially" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "tangentially", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.