Askant

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sidewise; askance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Aslant, or sloping.
  • adverb. Aslant, or askance, or sideways
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  • Word Usage
    "After a few more puffs at his pipe, the trooper looks down askant at the little man, and the little man winks up at the trooper."
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    indirect  
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    askance  sidelong