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askance

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a·skance  (-skns) also a·skant (-sknt)
adv.
1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: "The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance" (Chris Black).
2. With a sideways glance; obliquely.

[Origin unknown.]

askance [əˈskæns], askant [əˈskænt]
adv
1. with an oblique glance
2. with doubt or mistrust
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.askance - (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"
indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
Adv.1.askance - with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
2.askance - with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

askance
adverb
1. suspiciously, doubtfully, dubiously, sceptically, disapprovingly, distrustfully, mistrustfully They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
2. out of the corner of your eye, sideways, indirectly, awry, obliquely, with a side glance 'Do you play chess?' he asked, looking askance at me.
Translations
askance [əˈskɑːns] ADV to look askance at sbmirar a algn con recelo or desconfianza
to look askance at sthver algo con recelo or desconfianza
askance [əˈskæns] adv
to look askance at sb → regarder qn de travers, regarder qn d'un œil désapprobateur
to look askance at sth → regarder qch d'un œil désapprobateur
askance
adv to look askance at somebodyjdn entsetzt ansehen; to look askance at a suggestion/somebody’s methods etcüber einen Vorschlag/jds Methoden etc die Nase rümpfen
askance [əˈskɑːns] adv to look askance at sb/sthguardare qn/qc storto or di traverso


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I glanced askance at this strange creature, and found him watching me with his queer, restless eyes.
The gormandizing powers of this worthy were, at first, matters of surprise and merriment to the travellers; but they soon became too serious for a joke, threatening devastation to the fleshpots; and he was regarded askance, at his meals, as a regular kill-crop, destined to waste the substance of the party.
Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its drooping tail.
 
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