Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
They dart away; they wheel askance. --Beattie.
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My palfrey eyed them askance. --Landor.
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Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
--Gladstone.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
askant \askant\ adj.
1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a
glance.
Syn: askance, sidelong.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
askant
adj 1: (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}, {askant}, {asquint}, {squint},
{squint-eyed}, {squinty}, {sidelong}]
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