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Meanings of askance in English

Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).

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Usage of askance in English
1
As the world's largest democracy, India looks askance at Russia's authoritarian system.
The Guardian
2
Looking askance at the world is what just might set Asa apart.
The Irish Times
3
He looked askance and discontentedly at Graydon during dinner in the evening.
A Young Girl's Wooing
4
By the open gate the farmer stood eying his new material askance.
The Freelands
5
There were many looking askance at me at court, I assure you.
The lady elizabeth
6
By the scholars of the Renaissance such work was looked askance at.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 / The Later Ren...
7
The flushed babyish face under the fashionable hat looked at him askance.
Delia Blanchflower
8
When she looked askance at him, he said, It cleanses the blade.
Shadow's son
9
Every house in Dantzig looked askance upon its neighbour at this time.
Barlasch of the Guard
10
Girlfriends have looked at me askance when I've told them this story.
After the fall
11
Phillips glanced askance at him, but led the way into the corridor.
This World Must Die!
12
His head was turned askance as he still resolutely regarded the ground.
The Woodlanders
13
Expansive Kennedy looks askance at the tenderfoots who climb over his wheel.
The New North
14
She was restless, and kept regarding him askance, as if in apprehension.
Eve's Ransom
15
In truth, we were an embarrassment, and they looked at us askance.
At a Winter's Fire
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Mrs. Farrinder glanced at her askance, and then said to Ransom serenely:
The Bostonians, Vol. I (of II)
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Askance through the time
Askance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common