glancing
adj.hitting something at an angle and then moving away, rather than hitting it directly. It describes a touch or blow that is not very strong because it slides off the surface.
adj.striking a surface at an oblique angle rather than head-on, resulting in a deflection. Often describes physical contact or light that hits a surface and bounces off to the side.
“The car escaped with only a glancing blow to the bumper.”
“The cyclist was lucky to suffer only a glancing hit from the opening car door instead of a direct collision.”
“The sunlight hit the polished marble at a glancing angle, creating a long streak of reflected light that illuminated the far corner of the otherwise dim hallway.”
Typically used attributively before nouns like 'blow', 'hit', or 'shot'.
“They came tantalisingly close to equalising when Joe Willock’s glancing header flashed fractionally off target following Yoane Wissa’s excellent cross and Elanga’s flick-on.”
“Glancing over the front pages of La Gazzetta dello Sport this past week, you could almost miss that a new Serie A season is upon us.”