Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a surpassing degree; specially; exceedingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Exceedingly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
passing manner.
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Examples
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Winters: I was passingly familiar, and I will say that immersing myself in the weird tales in preparation to write this thing was one of the great pleasures the project afforded me.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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I am, however, more than passingly familiar with campaign finance laws. 4 years as a fundraiser for a Congressman, and 2 1/2 years running an organization that focuses on campaign finance regulation.
Hey, what do these twelve legislators have in common? - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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I learned that she had done passingly well at the business school and might even have graduated if she had wanted, but real work was not something she sought with any enthusiasm.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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Winters: I was passingly familiar, and I will say that immersing myself in the weird tales in preparation to write this thing was one of the great pleasures the project afforded me.
author of Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters : The Lovecraft News Network 2009
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I learned that she had done passingly well at the business school and might even have graduated if she had wanted, but real work was not something she sought with any enthusiasm.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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I learned that she had done passingly well at the business school and might even have graduated if she had wanted, but real work was not something she sought with any enthusiasm.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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Yeah, I am more than passingly familiar with all of that.
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I learned that she had done passingly well at the business school and might even have graduated if she had wanted, but real work was not something she sought with any enthusiasm.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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Yeah, I am more than passingly familiar with all of that.
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I feel Nintendo always has something interesting, however I'm only passingly, if not marginally curious, about Microsoft's presentation this year.
Catch-Catch Up-Up! E3 Is Coming!! SVGL 2009
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