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glancing
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  1. glancing
  2. glance
  3. glancing angle
  4. glancing boom

glanc·ing

adjective \ˈglan(t)-siŋ\

Definition of GLANCING

1
: hitting so as to glance off <a glancing blow>
2
: incidental, indirect <made glancing allusions to her past>
— glanc·ing·ly \-siŋ-lē\ adverb

First Known Use of GLANCING

circa 1541

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