tangentially

1. 1.

   peripherally

   “touched on it tangentially”

Questions about tangentially

What does tangentially mean?

tangentially means "peripherally".

How many syllables are in tangentially?

tangentially has 4 syllables: tan-gen-tial-ly. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /tænˈdʒɛnʃəli/.

Is tangentially a common word?

tangentially is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.