| aska | She looked askance at him. |
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| askance | (adj) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen, Syn. askant, squint-eyed, squint, sidelong, asquint, squinty, Example: her eyes with their misted askance look; sidelong glances |
| askance | (adv) with suspicion or disapproval, Example: he looked askance at the offer |
| askance | (adv) with a side or oblique glance, Example: did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes |
| Askance | v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies |
| Askant | They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ] My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ] Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Askance |
| askant | adj. |