ASKANCE
\ɐskˈans], \ɐskˈans], \ɐ_s_k_ˈa_n_s]\
Definitions of ASKANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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(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"
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with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
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with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
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(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"
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with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
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with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
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