FreeVocabulary
Tangential
/tænˈdʒɛnʃəl/ adjective mediumOnly loosely connected to the main subject, drifting off to the side of the real point.
The witness kept adding tangential details about the weather instead of answering the question.
Memory Trick
Picture a tangent line in geometry, which touches a circle at a single point and then veers away -- a tangential remark touches the topic briefly before heading off in its own direction.