askant

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askant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           They dart away; they wheel askance.      --Beattie.
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           My palfrey eyed them askance.            --Landor.
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           Both . . . were viewed askance by authority.
                                                    --Gladstone.
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  askant \askant\ adj.
     1. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a
        glance.
  
     Syn: askance, sidelong.
          [WordNet 1.5]

askant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint,
             squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]