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askance
adjective
adverb
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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əˈskæns
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adjective
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
“{'source': 'Elizabeth Bowen', 'text': 'her eyes with their misted askance look'}”
adverb
with a side or oblique glance
“did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes”
adverb
with suspicion or disapproval
“he looked askance at the offer”
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{'source': 'Elizabeth Bowen', 'text': 'her eyes with their misted askance look'}
sidelong glances
did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes
he looked askance at the offer
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