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Definition of Glancingly
1. adv. In a glancing manner; transiently; incidentally; indirectly.
Definition of Glancingly
1. Adverb. In a glancing manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glancingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glancingly
Literary usage of Glancingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi by Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi, Reuben O. Reynolds, Supreme Court (1916)
"The explanation of counsel for appellee that the ball fired up and to the right
struck a twig glancingly which diverted it to the left, where it struck ..."
2. A critical exposition of the third chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans by James Morison (1866)
"It seems to be more natural, however, to suppose, that the Apostle,—though not
improbably alluding glancingly to that peculiarity of our complex nature ..."
3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1862)
"... nor on high Might the fleet falcon with her oars keep pace, Though far the
swiftest of all fowls that fly, So glancingly she glided o'er the face Of ..."
4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"... been dashed and beaten into a kind of coarse spray, like that into which small
water-falls are broken when they strike glancingly on rough rock-shelves. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"Through the clear blue firmament he goes glancingly along, nor can he be hidden
in a cloud. Then down the " streaming rivers" he sail«, vet touches not the ..."
6. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1868)
"... the prop from the timber into which it was set below, so as that prop suddenly
fell upon me yet missing my head, & but glancingly fell upon my shoulder, ..."
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