ADVERB
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on first seeing (someone or something); immediately
it was love at first sight - after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect
How To Use at first glance In A Sentence
- At first glance, this seems a rather odd sort of charge to make, but it carries a good deal of weight.
- The films he made look simple at first glance, yet already invite a more complicated response.
- At first glance, that mightn't seem very favourable as many top players like to take a break after a major championship.
- At first glance, it's a cleaning rod with a rubber tip and a funny-looking patch.
- At first glance, Ryan's drawings look like half-finished sketches, with faint pencil marks still visible in the finished picture.
- At first glance, it was a curiously cold moment, uncharacteristic of such a popular and outgoing figure.
- At first glance there seemed to be nothing on the mussel beds, but closer inspection revealed a few Curlews, and about 100 Golden Plovers.
- At first glance, one might expect a study of the deposition books of the consistory court of the diocese of Canterbury and the marriage-related provisions of wills from five sample parishes to be essentially a work of consolidation.
- At first glance, the level of information presented to us monthly appears comprehensive.
- There is a marked return to double-breasted coats, discretion at first glance giving way to luxurious linings of mink and chinchilla.
