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askant

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Askance  \A*skance"\,  Askant  \A*skant"\,  adv  [Cf.  D.  schuin 
  schuins  sideways,  schuiven  to  shove,  schuinte  slope.  Cf 
  {Asquint}.] 
  Sideways;  obliquely;  with  a  side  glance;  with  disdain,  envy, 
  or  suspicion. 
 
  They  dart  away  they  wheel  askance.  --Beattie. 
 
  My  palfrey  eyed  them  askance.  --Landor. 
 
  Both  .  .  .  were  viewed  askance  by  authority. 
  --Gladstone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  askant 
  adj  :  (used  especially  of  glances)  directed  to  one  side  with  or  as 
  if  with  doubt  or  suspicion  or  envy;  "her  eyes  with 
  their  misted  askance  look"-  Elizabeth  Bowen;  "sidelong 
  glances"  [syn:  {askance},  {asquint},  {squint},  {squint-eyed}, 
  {squinty},  {sidelong}]




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