Asquint

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  • adverb & adjective. With a sidelong glance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To or out at the corner or angle of the eye; obliquely; toward one side; not in the straight line of vision; askance; furtively.
  • In the condition of squinting; oblique.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly.
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  • adjective. Looking sideways, as though warily.
  • adverb. In a manner with narrowed eyes.
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  • adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
  • Word Usage
    "I know God is wise in all; wonderful in what we conceive, but far more in what we comprehend not: for we behold him but asquint, upon reflex or shadow; our understanding is dimmer than"
    Equivalent
    indirect  
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    Words with the same meaning