TANGENTIAL in a Sentence

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Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with tangential remarks, Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to ...

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 Meanings and Examples of TANGENTIAL
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tangential
 a.  peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing
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1  Despite Clark's attempts to distract her with tangential remarks, Lois kept on coming back to her main question: why couldn't he come out to dinner with Superman and her?.