glancing
Word-form referencesglance
Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/
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/ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/
Adjective
Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.
- Examples
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His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.
More examples (1)
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.
Noun
A sideways look; a glance.
- Examples
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No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.
Word forms
more glancingmost glancingglancings