Askant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Askant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
askant adj (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" Synonym(s): askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Askance \Askance"\, Askant* \A*skant"\, adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. {Asquint}.] 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.