Definitions for Askance
əˈskæns; əˈskæntaskance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelongadverb

   (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. askanceadverb

   with suspicion or disapproval

   "he looked askance at the offer"

3. askanceadverb

   with a side or oblique glance

   "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. askanceadverb

   With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.

   The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.

2. askanceadverb

   Sideways; obliquely.

3. askanceadjective

   Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Askance, Askaunceadverb

   Sideways; obliquely.

   Zelmane, keeping a countenance askance, as she understood him not, told him, it became her evil. Philip Sidney, b. i.

   His wannish eyes upon them bent askance.
   And when he saw their labours well succeed,
   He wept for rage, and threaten’d dire mischance. Edward Fairfax.

   Some say, he bid his angels turn askance
   The poles of earth, twice ten degrees, and more,
   From the sun’s axle; they with labour push’d
   Oblique the centrick globe. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. askance

   Askance is an adverb referring to a way of looking, thinking, or doing characterized by suspicion, mistrust, disapproval, or lack of confidence. For example, when someone looks at something or someone "askance," they are looking sideways or with a skeptical, wary, or doubtful glance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Askanceadverb

   alt. of Askant

2. Askanceverb

   to turn aside

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Askance

   a-skans′, Askant, a-skant′, adv. sideways: awry: obliquely: with a side glance, or with a side meaning.—v.t. (Shak.) to turn aside.—To eye, look, or view askance, to look at with suspicion. [Ety. very obscure; perh. conn. with It. a schiáncio, slopingly, or with Ice. á-ská, as in Askew.]

How to pronounce Askance?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Askance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Askance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Askance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Askance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Askance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Askance
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Askance