(adj) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen, Syn.askant, squint-eyed, squint, sidelong, asquint, squinty
{ } 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 ]
[しりめにかける, shirimenikakeru] (exp, v1) (1) to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (2) (arch) to cast an amorous glance at [Add to Longdo]
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