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askant ad. 横;斜;斜视;怀疑地 横;斜;斜视;怀疑地 askant adj 1: ( 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" [ synonym: { askance}, { askant}, { asquint}, { squint}, { squint- eyed}, { squinty}, { sidelong}] Askance \ A* skance"\, Askant \ A* skant"\, adv. [ Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. { Asquint}.] Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster] They dart away; they wheel askance. -- Beattie. [ 1913 Webster] My palfrey eyed them askance. -- Landor. [ 1913 Webster] Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. -- Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster]
askant \ askant\ adj. 1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance. Syn: askance, sidelong. [ WordNet 1. 5]
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