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askance
(/@/'sk/&/ns )

adverb (r)

  • with suspicion or disapproval(adv.all)
    Example:
    He looked askance at the offer.
    source: wordnet30
  • with a side or oblique glance(adv.all)
    Example:
    Did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes.
    source: wordnet30
  • Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy(adj.all)
    Example:
    Her eyes with their misted askance look.
    Synonym:
    askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To turn aside.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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