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glancing

adjective
glanc·​ing | \ ˈglan(t)-siŋ How to pronounce glancing (audio) \

Definition of glancing

1 : hitting so as to glance off a glancing blow
2 : incidental, indirect made glancing allusions to her past
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Other Words from glancing

glancingly \ ˈglan(t)-​siŋ-​lē How to pronounce glancingly (audio) \ adverb

Examples of glancing in a Sentence

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 Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion in the Wisconsin case lacked soaring language or all but the most glancing criticism of gerrymandering. — Adam Liptak, New York Times, "Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering," 18 June 2018 Memories, even the most glancing and indirect, can still swamp him, like a wave over a rowboat. — Hartford Courant, courant.com, "10 Years Later, Cheshire Tragedy Remains Source Of Grief, Shock," 19 July 2017

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First Known Use of glancing

circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for glancing

see glance entry 1

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