glancing
adjective
glanc·ing
ˈglan(t)-siŋ 
1
: hitting so as to glance off
a glancing blow
2
: incidental, indirect
made glancing allusions to her past
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Glaser, from a very glancing stylistic consideration, looks like a multicam by comparison.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024
Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
The pair will interact in glancing blows, ripping stars from one another into long, drawn out tails.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2021
But even those with just a glancing knowledge of the man, or a curiosity about him, are likely to find the play less than riveting, mostly a staged debate about the pros and cons of Moses’s achievement.
—Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2024
Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way.
—Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023
The pair will interact in glancing blows, ripping stars from one another into long, drawn out tails.
—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2021
But even those with just a glancing knowledge of the man, or a curiosity about him, are likely to find the play less than riveting, mostly a staged debate about the pros and cons of Moses’s achievement.
—Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
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“Glancing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glancing. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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