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glancing

The definition of glancing is going to the side, or passing.

(adjective)

An example of glancing is a look to the side such as "She gave a glancing look as she walked by the troublemakers."

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See glancing in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

striking obliquely and going off at an angle: a glancing blow
indirect or passing

Related Forms:

glancingly adverb

See glancing in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Oblique in direction; slanting or deflected: struck him a glancing blow.
Not straightforward; indirect: made glancing allusions to the scandal.

Related Forms:

glancˈing·ly adverb

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