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glancing en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/ (General-American) without æ-raising

Meanings

  1. Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.
    • She looked with a grudging eye on this waste of life and beauty—there was none for him; and the sight of the coffin, with its deep black pall borne slowly along the glancing path, was a contrast of unutterable misery. It was a relief to change the cheerful meadow for the dark umbrage of the forest which they now entered. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 324–325:
    • His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.

Forms

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most glancing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more glancing Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (1)

it radente (making superficial contact)

glancing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/ (General-American) without æ-raising

Meanings

  1. A sideways look; a glance.
    • No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy. 1856, David Brown, Christ's second coming: will it be pre-millennial?:

Forms

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glancings Number=Plur lexicographic

glancing en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ æ-raising
  • /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/ (General-American) without æ-raising

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of glance
    form of glance