eyeglance

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UK/ˈʌɪɡlɑːns/

noun

A glance of the eye.

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Meanings

nouneyeglance (plural eyeglances)

plural eyeglances · alternative eye glance · alternative eye-glance

  1. A glance of the eye.

    And ever, as Dissemblaunce laught on him, / He lowrd on her with daungerous eyeglaunce […].

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
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    Perilous as her eyeglances were, and much as they menaced, Lord Etherington felt at this moment the importance of soothing Lady Penelope to silence […].

    1823, Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well

    The sideways eye glance is a widespread expression combining a lowered head and the eyes looking sideways, thus taking advantage of boldness and shyness at the same time.

    2008, MH Ford, Personal Power

Origin

From eye + glance.

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APA

eyeglance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeglance

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“eyeglance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeglance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyeglance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeglance.

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