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Meanings of somewhat askance in English

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Usage of somewhat askance in English
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They looked somewhat askance at Jack, but welcomed Burdale as an acquaintance.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
2
She looked at my clothes somewhat askance and I chuckled loud and long.
An ordinary decent criminal
3
The landlord came up, and looked at him somewhat askance.
The History of a Crime / The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
4
My father's church was looked on somewhat askance.
The Last Leaf / Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men ...
5
Moreover, the conquest must be in the West "if anywhere," and he looks somewhat askance at the Dardanelles adventure:
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
6
She was very pretty, with a gentle high-bred prettiness that impressed the village folk, although they looked at it somewhat askance.
Evelina's Garden
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Judson Parker knew that Mr. Spencer looked somewhat askance at him as it was; he could not afford to take any risks.
Anne of Avonlea
8
In Adelaide, which, as a Puritan community, looks somewhat askance at opera and drama, the popularity of good lectures is beyond belief.
Town Life in Australia
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