Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glancingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glanc-ing-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a glancing manner

Example Sentences

"The blow struck his opponent glancingly on the arm."

Etymology

Etymology tree English glancing Middle English -ly English -ly English glancingly From glancing + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more glancingly (comparative) most glancingly (superlative)

Questions

What does glancingly mean?: In a glancing manner
Where does glancingly come from?: Etymology tree English glancing Middle English -ly English -ly English glancingly From glancing + -ly.

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