Today's Word "Tangential"
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tangential \tan-JEN-shuhl\ (adjective) - 1 : Only slightly relevant to the matter in hand; digressive; divergent. 2 : Merely touching. 3 : Mathematics: Of or pertaining to the nature of a tangent.
"Lucidly and economically written, Courtenay felt that the book gives her just enough of everything so that she had some sense of context yet never felt that the author was rambling or becoming mired in the tangential."
From Latin tangent-, tangens, present participle of tangere (to touch).
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