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askance(dictionary)

askance(2) (iou)



askance adverb1, adjective, & verb. L15.
[Origin unkn.]
A. adverb & (usu. pred.) adjective. Sideways, oblique(ly); with a side glance, asquint. Now chiefly fig., suspicious(ly), with disfavour; esp. in look askance (at). L15.
J. Beattie They meet, they dart away, they wheel askance. R. L. Stevenson Looking askance on each other as possible enemies. T. Hardy Down there they are dubious and askance. P. G. Wodehouse One looked askance at that habit of his of writing poetry. E. Bowen Looking at all this in here with a wild askance shrinking eye. V. S. Pritchett The habit of seeing things askance or out of the corner of his eye.
b. verb trans. Turn (one's eye) aside. rare. L16