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glancing

[glan-sing, glahn-]

adjective

  1. striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle.

    a glancing blow.

  2. brief and indirect.

    glancing references to his dubious past.



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Other Word Forms

  • glancingly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glancing1

First recorded in 1485–95; glance 1 + -ing 2
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“I was afraid I would be late too,” he confides, glancing at his watch, “because I had to make a quick stop at Lady Gaga’s.”

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"Gaza has become a city of ghosts," he said, glancing over his shoulder.

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The simulation shows that as the ship made only a glancing blow against the iceberg it was left with a series of punctures running in a line along a narrow section of the hull.

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An elephant is a beautiful animal, but pick it apart and it's got a long wrinkly nose, strange side glancing eyes, huge sticking out ears and a big fat stomach.

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As a clown, it’s ideal if you wear something so stupid, people laugh just glancing at you.

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