Adjective : He was feeling better with each passing day. ,to take a passing fancy to something. ,a passing mention. ,a passing grade on a test. From Dictionary.com.
Yeah, I am more than passingly familiar with all of that. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Tea Party Blogger Hints That Pelosi’s Life Is In Danger, Warns Of ‘A Thousand Little Waco’s’] Reference
She knew them all at least passingly, and had danced with Lord Yestal. From Wordnik.com. [Mistborn] Reference
This is basic sociology, something you should be passingly familiar with. From Wordnik.com. [Twixt] Reference
Queen so many times that, as was fully known, he loved him passingly well. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
That's why no two Morbier clocks are known to be more than passingly alike. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Toni was passingly pleased that her voice did not sound too much like a wheeze. From Wordnik.com. [River Of Desire]
'Firstly, Naomi knew her murderer passingly well and, secondly, he's very local. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
He does treat passingly of our hot-houses, but seems not to have faced the worse evil. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
"Pleased to meet you," Justin prompted Breanna, though they had already met, passingly. From Wordnik.com. [Zombie Lover]
Then King Mark understood that and was jealous, for King Mark loved her passingly well. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Behe passingly (and not very directly) mentioned the third choice in one of his essays. From Wordnik.com. [A Third Choice (ID Hypothesis)] Reference
Christmas passingly well, and best was praised, for there were but few that did so well. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Yeah, I'm passingly familiar with the parallel developments on the traditionalist Right. From Wordnik.com. [Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2008 – October – 20] Reference
They were passingly mentioned in that article and are mentioned at the ideacenter.org website. From Wordnik.com. [The Unintentional Irony of William Dembski - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Meticulously investigated by a former Kubrick assistant here, passingly reported by the Beeb here. From Wordnik.com. [grahamsleight's Journal] Reference
The king beheld him fast, and saw he was passingly well-visaged and passingly well made of his years. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Mark beheld Sir Tristram and saw that he was but a young man of age, but he was passingly well made and big. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Many people have read this wonderful essay, and many more are at least passingly familiar with Orwell's ideas. From Wordnik.com. [The cage of language] Reference
The scientific method should be at least passingly familiar to most people who took a high school science class. From Wordnik.com. [Scientists arguing about the scientific method] Reference
You would think that Senators, or at least the Democratic ones, would be passingly familiar with the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
And every day Sir Palamides drew unto La Beale Isoud and proffered her many gifts, for he loved her passingly well. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and so did all knights that were there; for that prince was passingly well beloved. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
That'd be flattering but for the fact that I'm British, something anyone passingly familiar with my site would know. From Wordnik.com. [The 51st State] Reference
While I'm only passingly Irish and not overly familiar with saints, I do enjoy the modern celebration of this holiday. From Wordnik.com. ['Tis the Green Season] Reference
And on the morn early came these four queens, passingly well beseen, all they bidding him good morn, and he them again. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Then said Sir Arthur unto Sir Launcelot: See yonder three knights do passingly well, and namely the first that jousted. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Though only passingly familiar with Chekhov, Normal noticed the anniversary was coming up, and bought a box set of BBC productions. From Wordnik.com. [Chekhov Shorts: 'I'm Ivan Nyukhin, aha!'] Reference
If I had been more than passingly there for the argument I would have said that a home is safe and has a certain kind of domestic magic. From Wordnik.com. [The Achitecture of Fear] Reference
One may observe that while this is not entirely unfair, it is also a more than passingly useful description of late-term neoconservatism. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
I found it passingly odd that you rather eviscerate poor dead Tolkien's work so, especially since you used so many similar epics in Vellum. From Wordnik.com. [The Dufus Dollar] Reference
They were all passingly attractive, passingly fascinating, mostly perverse. From Wordnik.com. [feminist blogs] Reference
Later on, Goldstone does passingly mention the "armed groups" that it is referring to. From Wordnik.com. [Israellycool] Reference
That said, it's perfect for Luigi, who is only passingly familiar with the derivative nature of his performance. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Verdict] Reference
Given the administration's clear reluctance to even passingly address those disparities thus far, such a targeted package seems unlikely. From Wordnik.com. [Colorlines] Reference
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