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askant

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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.]
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Adj.1.askant - (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"
askance, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
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"


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"But," said D'Artagnan, looking askant at Brienne, "you do not know, perhaps, monsieur, that I have the privilege of
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
At all the more public pumps there is much cooling of bare feet, together with much bubbling and gurgling of drinking with hand to spout on the part of these Bedouins; the Cloisterham police meanwhile looking askant from their beats with suspicion, and manifest impatience that the intruders should depart from within the civic bounds, and once more fry themselves on the simmering high-roads.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
The king was again silent, and looked askant at Colbert.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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