adjective
Etymology: from present participle of glance (I)
1. : incidental , indirect
the book has a variety of glancing references to prominent personalities
2. : casual , unstudied , offhand
a citizen of the world who knew the Near East with the same glancing familiarity — H.V.Gregory
he evoked the town and its surrounding countryside with his habitual glancing art — Times Literary Supplement
• glanc·ing·ly adverb