Of a way, course, etc.: leading in, having a trend or aspect to, a direction other than one intends, desires, or expects.

That swerves; deviating; making a swerve; diverted from the straight or right path; †erroneous.

Deflected from a straight course; inclined or turned to one side. Also in figurative context. wry look, one expressive of displeasure or dislike. So…

Turned aside; deflected, diverted.

Leaping asunder, springing apart; spec. in Botany bursting open with force, as do some ripe capsules.

Characterized by deviation.

Departing from the proper path; devious; wayward. Obsolete.

figurative. ‘Flying off at a tangent’ (see B. 1c); divergent, erratic.

Cricket. Designating a delivery judged to have been bowled too wide for the batter to hit from where he or she stands to receive the ball and from…

Turned aside; bent to one side.

figurative. Going off suddenly ‘at a tangent’; erratic; divergent; digressive.

Causing or tending to deviation or deflection.