at a glance

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at a glance

almost immediately. The guide shows at a glance the amount of each type of food that most people need.

Usage notes: often used in newspapers and magazines as the title of a list of important facts: State budget at a glance

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It is clear at a glance that the next workman is Adam's brother. Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context By the appearance of her face, she might have been between thirty-five and forty; and it was a face that, once seen, could never be forgotten,--one of those that, at a glance, seem to convey to us an idea of a wild, painful, and romantic history. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context These imbecilities gave me time to form my own conclusions at a glance, and, with a perspicacity rare at that age, to analyze the husband and wife whose solitude was about to be so rudely disturbed. The Message by de Balzac, Honore View in context More results

References in classic literature

It is clear at a glance that the next workman is Adam's brother.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

By the appearance of her face, she might have been between thirty-five and forty; and it was a face that, once seen, could never be forgotten,--one of those that, at a glance, seem to convey to us an idea of a wild, painful, and romantic history.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

These imbecilities gave me time to form my own conclusions at a glance, and, with a perspicacity rare at that age, to analyze the husband and wife whose solitude was about to be so rudely disturbed.

The Message by de Balzac, Honore View in context

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