Askance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: "The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance” ( Chris Black).
  • ad. With a sideways glance; obliquely.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
  • ad. Sideways; obliquely.
  • adj. Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
  • v. To turn aside.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sidewise; obliquely; out of the corner of the eye; askant.
  • To turn aside, as the eyes.
  • Perhaps.
  • As if; as if (saying).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. with suspicion or disapproval
  • ad. with a side or oblique glance
  • adj. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  • Equivalent
    indirect    askant   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sideways    obliquely    obliquel    skeptically    suspiciously    oblique   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chance    France    Lance    Nance    Romance    Vance    advance    anse    chance    crance