tangentially
Adverb
Meaning
In the direction of a tangent.
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touched on it tangentially
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.
Filkers have been known to write filk songs about a variety of topics, including but not limited to tangentially related topics such as computers and cats.
However, it has no readily-discernible timeframe, and combat is extremely abstract, leading many to not consider it as an actual wargame, or only tangentially as one.
Disc main Disc couplings transmit torque from a driving to a driven bolt tangentially on a common bolt circle.
It is only tangentially connected with the author's Middle-earth legendarium : both were originally intended as essays in "English mythology".