askant


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Related to askant: methodically, whimsically

a·skance

 (ə-skăns′) also a·skant (ə-skănt′)
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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.askant - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envyaskant - (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 entree anywhere - and at any hour."
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The king was again silent, and looked askant at Colbert.
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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.
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'Forty-two,' replied the driver, eyeing him askant.
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