Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust.
- adverb With a sideways glance; obliquely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sidewise; obliquely; out of the corner of the eye; askant.
- To turn aside, as the eyes.
- Perhaps.
- As if; as if (saying).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.
- transitive verb poet. To turn aside.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb of a look or glance With
disapproval ,skepticism , orsuspicion . - adverb
Sideways ;obliquely . - adjective
Turned to theside , especially of theeyes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with suspicion or disapproval
- adverb with a side or oblique glance
- adjective (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Compared to these inducements, the fact that people would look upon her askance was a very insignificant consideration.
Mary Wollstonecraft Elizabeth Robins Pennell 1895
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Let me get a-- let me get a break and get Senator Warner to comment, because I noticed he -- he looked kind of askance at some of the things you were saying.
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You describe Tea Partiers as looking askance at Boehner's long tenure in leadership, his close ties to lobbyists and his two-pack-a-day baritone and retro Rat Pack persona.
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Arsenio looks askance at his own Wikipedia article.
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You describe Tea Partiers as looking askance at Boehner's long tenure in leadership, his close ties to lobbyists and his two-pack-a-day baritone and retro Rat Pack persona.
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Analysts say investors could look askance at the wrong choice, particularly if the candidate is seen as close to the government, which in South Korea has often taken a strong role in the financial sector.
Troubled Shinhan Faces Challenge Se Young Lee 2010
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He quickly looked away, and then looked back again, as though that brief, askance glance had “cleared it.”
Boredom & Ennui Christopher Snyder 2011
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Hetty eyed him askance but clinked his glass all the same.
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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He pays £15 for a haircut and shave at the local barbers, looks askance at anything with a label that doesn't have Oxfam attached to it and, when asked where he got his jacket from, is proud to say "it was my grandfather's."
Deconstructing the Unreconstructed Male Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Men and dogs looked askance at Bâtard when he drifted into their camps and posts.
BÂTARD 2010
Prolagus commented on the word askance
I thought it was a noun, meaning "the act of asking": "would you please respond to my askance?".
August 22, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word askance
No, more like "Why dost thou look askance at me?"
August 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word askance
So you're still waiting for an answerance, Pro?
August 22, 2008
reesetee commented on the word askance
Pro: Haha! I need to use the word that way now. :-)
August 22, 2008
rolig commented on the word askance
As Jesus said, "If you have faith, askance will be given you!"
August 24, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word askance
"All we are saying is give peace askance."
August 24, 2008
mollusque commented on the word askance
Said with arms akimbo?
August 24, 2008
bilby commented on the word askance
'You can really have no notion how delightful it will be
When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters out to sea!'
But the snail replied, 'Too far, too far!' and gave a look askance
Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not,
would not join the dance.
Would not, could not, would not, could not,
could not join the dance.
- Lewis Carroll, 'The Lobster Quadrille'.
November 8, 2008
kiltwraith commented on the word askance
1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely
March 18, 2009