glancing

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of glance

adj

  1. Making superficial, obtuse contact with something.
    His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw.

noun

  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?

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