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glancing

Main Entry:: glanc·ing
Pronunciation:: \ˈglan(t)-siŋ\
Function:: adjective
Date:: circa 1541

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

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