at first glance

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 August 18, Burkeman, Oliver, “Feel good, feel bad”, in The Guardian:

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

Synonyms

• at first blush, at first sight, on the face of it; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly

Translations

after only a superficial examination or review

Arabic: لِلْوَهْلَة اَلْأُولَى‎ (li-l-wahla l-ʾūlā) Armenian: առաջին հայացքից (hy) (aṙaǰin hayacʿkʿicʿ) Catalan: a primera vista 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 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: prīmā speciē Latvian: no pirmā acu uzmetiena 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 (tr) Ukrainian: на пе́рший погляд (uk) (na péršyj pohljad) Vietnamese: ban đầu (vi), thoạt nhìn

See also

• at a glance
• glance