at first glance

English

Prepositional phrase

at first glance

1. (modal) After only a superficial examination or review

   At first glance it seems to be a reasonable idea. But we'll see.

   • 2007, The Guardian, August 18 2007, Oliver Burkeman. "Feel good, feel bad."

     At first glance, thinking well of yourself seems obviously preferable to thinking poorly of yourself. But the problem with […]

Translations

after only a superficial examination or review

• Arabic: لِلْوَهْلَة اَلْأُولَى (li-l-wahla l-ʾūlā)
• Armenian: առաջին հայացքից (hy) (aṙaǰin hayacʻkʻicʻ)
• Cherokee: ᎢᎬᏱ ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ (igvyi agowadvdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乍看 (zhàkàn), 看一眼 (kàn yīyǎn)

• Danish: ved første øjekast, ved første blik
• Dutch: op het eerste gezicht
• Esperanto: unuavide
• Finnish: ensisilmäyksellä, ensinäkemältä
• French: à première vue (fr), de prime abord (fr), au premier abord (fr), à vue de nez (fr)
• German: auf den ersten Blick
• Greek: εκ πρώτης όψεως (ek prótis ópseos)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
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• Hungarian: első látásra, első pillantásra (hu)
• Icelandic: við fyrstu sýn
• Italian: a prima vista
• Japanese: 一目見ただけで (hitome mita dake-de)
• Korean: 일견하여 (ilgyeonhayeo)
• Latin: primā speciē
• Polish: na pierwszy rzut oka (pl)
• Portuguese: à primeira vista (pt)
• Russian: на пе́рвый взгляд (ru) (na pérvyj vzgljad)
• Scottish Gaelic: air a' chiad shealladh
• Spanish: a primera vista
• Swedish: vid första ögonkastet
• Turkish: ilk bakışta
• Ukrainian: на пе́рший погляд (uk) (na péršyj pohljad)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• at a glance
• glance