tangentially

adverb

tan·​gen·​tial·​ly -chəlē 

-li

: in a tangential manner : at a tangent

the vapors enter the trap tangentially

—Modern Chemistry Processes

a few of the times great figures come into the story, but only tangentially

—Jean S. Untermeyer

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