askance
11askance — [16] The origins of askance remain obscure. When it first entered the language it meant literally ‘obliquely, sideways’ (‘He bid his angels turn askance the poles of Earth’, John Milton, Paradise Lost 1667), so a possible source is Italian a… …
12askance — 1. adverb /əˈskæns,əˈskɑːns,əˈskæns/ a) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion. The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance. b) Sideways; obliquely. The scanda …
13askance — adv. to look askance at * * * [ə skæns] to look askance at …
14askance — a|skance [ ə skæns ] adverb look askance (at someone/something) to show that you do not approve of someone or something or that you do not feel certain about them: A lot of people on Capitol Hill would look askance at this new regulation …
15askance — UK [əˈskæns] / US adverb look askance (at someone/something) to show that you do not approve of someone or something or that you do not feel certain about them They looked askance at the old fashioned ways of their fathers …
16askance — Me ka ho owahāwahā. ♦ Eyed askance, maka ewa ewa ia. ♦ To look askance. maka ē …
17askance — also askant adverb Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1530 1. with a side glance ; obliquely 2. with disapproval or distrust ; scornfully < they eyed the stranger a …
18askance — /euh skans /, adv. 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely. Also, askant /euh skant /. [1520 30; earlier a scanche, a sca(u)nce; of obscure orig.] Syn. 1. skeptically …
19askance — adverb look askance (at) to look at or consider something in a way that shows you do not believe it or approve of it …
20askance — adverb they look askance at anything foreign Syn: suspiciously, skeptically, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, doubtfully, dubiously; disapprovingly, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully Ant: approvingly …
