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1. (adv.) askance
with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely.
2. askance
with suspicion or disapproval; skeptically.
Etymology: (1520–30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure orig.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
(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"
2. (adverb) askance
with suspicion or disapproval
"he looked askance at the offer"
3. (adverb) askance
with a side or oblique glance
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) askance
alt. of Askant
2. (verb) askance
to turn aside
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