Glanceful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glanceful is a noun meaning That which is perceived at a glance.
Meaning
That which is perceived at a glance.
More Meanings
- That which is communicated by a glance.
- Characterized by glances.
Example Sentences
Transcends in organs apt this puny fly, Her fine-strung feelers, and her glanceful eye, Set with ten thousand lenses."
Frau Ellen was bright as the poppy in flower Yet no fragrance came forth from its bloom, Her smiling lip curled with mockery sour, Her eye cast a glanceful of doom.
One album opened on her lap to show a glanceful of red snowsuits, Christmas trees, armloads of grinning dolls, and beautiful tall children who smiled, drew pictures and were happy.
To expressivity and simplicity of surface we must add one final factor that figures into the glanceful perception of environmental difficulties and the imperative to rectify them: the intensity of the conflict that engendered these difficulties.
Word Forms
- glancefuls
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glimmering, glittering, shimmering, seeming, twinkling, loom.
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