Adjective : peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area. From Dictionary.com.
2. I am working in the local arts community, if only peripherally, which is seventeen kinds of cool. From Wordnik.com. [» Freelancing Strocel.com] Reference
Unless one of those acquisitions that I kind of peripherally touched on earlier comes to fruition very quick, that would be correct. From Wordnik.com. [Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference
"peripherally" to Mr. Jaffer's business dealings, a source said. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
HAMMER: You see, we ` re peripherally aware of that here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 14, 2007] Reference
Ms. DIAZ: He was involved in several explosions peripherally. From Wordnik.com. [A Mother's 'Minefields' When A Child Deploys] Reference
He may be regarded as a reformer in manipulating peripherally. From Wordnik.com. [BROADCAST ON RADIO FREEDOM, ADDIS ABABA, OCTOBER 7, 1986] Reference
What we see, even peripherally, greatly affects our states of mind. From Wordnik.com. [Preliminaries for Meditation or Study: The Seven-Limb Practice] Reference
Muscle relaxants (peripherally acting) ard cholinesterase inhibitors. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Muscle relaxants (peripherally acting) and cholinesterase inhibitors. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The government should not have the right to be even peripherally involved. From Wordnik.com. [Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation] Reference
The possibility of a fatal accident weighed only peripherally on his conscience. From Wordnik.com. [The False Mirror]
And I was involved in the second one and very, very peripherally in the first one. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2004] Reference
MENDELSON: Only most peripherally in the sense that it's time to put it behind us. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2005] Reference
Tibetans are thrilled Peeeeet is making a movie even peripherally about their plight. From Wordnik.com. [A Star's Trek] Reference
This is only peripherally a political story, but you have to like the change of pace. From Wordnik.com. [10 Worst Moments In New York Politics] Reference
We sort of peripherally noticed it after about the third or fourth time through the house. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2004] Reference
He was involved in that, at least peripherally, is what documents are showing at this point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Espionage Arrest: FBI Agent May Have Spied for Russia for Over 15 Years - February 20, 2001] Reference
I dimly remember buying it because it had been peripherally mentioned in another book I had read. From Wordnik.com. [ana-ng Diary Entry] Reference
I sighed, and stood away from him, only peripherally aware of his hands falling back to his sides. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
And me, in my post-breakup whacked-outedness, can barely even look at him other than peripherally. From Wordnik.com. [golddustgrrl Diary Entry] Reference
There are three million people peripherally connected to the auto industry in some way, shape, or form. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2008] Reference
Soldier's Boy was only peripherally aware of his leaving for the food still claimed most of his attention. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
We also raised the issue peripherally of whether or not he should be testifying on cable television all day. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2001] Reference
We need to help them peripherally, and we need to focus our main effort on the political and diplomatic side. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 9, 2007] Reference
The FBI has reason to believe that some other people may be involved in this, either directly or peripherally. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 12, 2006] Reference
CONAN: And narcissistic - you mentioned fame and fortune, apparently, was, at least, peripherally an issue here. From Wordnik.com. [Sailor Abby Sunderland's Parents: Brave Or Bad?] Reference
KING: Does this look strong to you, Kimberly, from a prosecutor's standpoint, just from what you know peripherally?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2003] Reference
The majority of black Coast Guardsmen were only peripherally concerned with this wartime evolution of racial policy. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
(I was peripherally involved in arrangements concerning the case; I also handled an unrelated matter involving Leopold.). From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of Notoriety] Reference
Anybody who was even peripherally associated around, involved in any way, shape or form, has been put through the wringer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
MAGINNIS: I actually think peripherally they could see maybe a couple of hours of hurricane force winds, but you're right. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2008] Reference
Next charge would fire the ram right into the trunk that Chester had oriented on peripherally, with luck knocking the animal silly. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
But it was the remaining man and woman who drew my attention, so that I noticed the others only peripherally, in their outermost orbit. From Wordnik.com. [The Door Through Space] Reference
LEMON: Yes, but looking at it just sort of peripherally, it does look like -- it looks good on paper, and that's what everyone's saying. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2008] Reference
CROWLEY: Dan, when you say coalition forces, do I take from that that there is some U.S. involvement, either peripherally or in the main?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2004] Reference
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