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tangently

tangently adverb: in a tangent or tangential manner, tangentially.

Adverb

tangently

  1. (rare) In a tangent or tangential manner, tangentially.
    • Once explained, however, the leader had accepted the fact that just the tangently opposed transmission was destructive enough, at lease theoretically, for now he promised, but would not guarantee no return with the real goods.2013, Michael Jeffery Blair, Exit Point, page 382
    • By the effect of gamma-ray photoelectric or the behavior of tangently rub of tungsten needles, the debris powered is charged.2015, Lei Lan, Jingyang Li, Hexi Baoyin, “Debris Engine: A Potential Thruster for Space Debris Removal”, in arXiv

Origin of tangently

From tangent + -ly.

Questions about tangently

What does tangently mean?
Tangently means in a tangent or tangential manner, tangentially.
What part of speech is tangently?
Tangently is an adverb.

Words near tangently in the dictionary

  1. tangentializes
  2. tangentializing
  3. tangentially
  4. tangenting
  5. tangenting off
  6. tangently
  7. tangentoid
  8. tangentoids
  9. tangents
  10. tangents off
  11. Tanger

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