askant Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
askance; sidelong; asquint; squinty; squint; squint-eyed.
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
WordNet
A*skance", A*skant" adverb
(Also<
- Askance
- Askant
)
Etymology
Cf. D.Definitions
Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie.
My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor.
Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.
A*skance" transitive verb
Definitions
To turn aside. Poet.O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.