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Synonyms for askance
Adjective
- 1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong, indirect (vs. direct)
- usage: (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"
Adverb
- 1. askance
- usage: with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
- 2. askance
- usage: 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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