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glancingly

glancingly adverb: in a glancing manner.

Adverb

glancingly (comparative more glancingly, superlative most glancingly)

  1. In a glancing manner
    • The blow struck his opponent glancingly on the arm.

Forms of glancingly

comparativemore glancingly
superlativemost glancingly

Origin of glancingly

From glancing + -ly.

Questions about glancingly

What does glancingly mean?
Glancingly means in a glancing manner.
What part of speech is glancingly?
Glancingly is an adverb.

Words near glancingly in the dictionary

  1. glancin'
  2. glancing
  3. glancing away
  4. glancing off
  5. glancing over
  6. glancingly
  7. glancings
  8. Glancy
  9. Glancys
  10. gland
  11. gland of Deshayes

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