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glancing

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glanc·ing  (glnsng)
adj.
1. Oblique in direction; slanting or deflected: struck him a glancing blow.
2. Not straightforward; indirect: made glancing allusions to the scandal.
glancing·ly adv.
Translations
glancing [ˈglɑːnsɪŋ] ADJ [blow] → oblicuo
glancing [ˈglɑːnsɪŋ] adj [blow] → oblique
glancing
adj to strike something a glancing blow → etw streifen; she struck him a glancing blow → ihr Schlag streifte ihn; it was only a glancing blow → ich/er etc wurde nur gestreift
glancing [ˈglɑːnsɪŋ] adj (blow) → di striscio
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At the soft-murmured words that were fulfilled In the seraphic glancing of thine eyes -- Of all who owe thee most -- whose gratitude Nearest resembles worship -- oh, remember The truest -- the most fervently devoted, And think that these weak lines are written by him -- By him who, as he pens them, thrills to think His spirit is communing with an angel's.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
the official asked, merely glancing up from the desk at which he was sitting with a pile of papers before him.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Or in some narrow pathway, glancing with a transitory daring into the eyes of some lithe, white-swathed female figure, I would suddenly see (with a spasmodic revulsion) that she had slit-like pupils, or glancing down note the curving nail with which she held her shapeless wrap about her.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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