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Definition of At first sight
1. Adverb. Immediately. "It was love at first sight"
Definition of At first sight
1. Adverb. Superficially, without a full inspection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At First Sight
Literary usage of At first sight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"... is a common feature in the landscape. breathing with such a spring, and dives
again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"... and to these it would at first sight seem natural and best to deliver electrical
power straight from the power-house generators to their motors, ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"taken in observing the several Contents, and they are not immediately to be thrown
by because at first sight they do not seem to be for our purpose. ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"... accept his excuse, put the Lives out of the „, ,, ,. question, and turn to
the Moralia.1 As has been 1 ne Moralia * at first sight said above, ..."
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