Passingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Synonym of in passing. not-comparable

    "I'm only passingly familiar with Schopenhauer: I haven't read many of his works."

Example

More examples

"I'm only passingly familiar with Schopenhauer: I haven't read many of his works."

Etymology

From passing + -ly.

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