Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: askance
IPA transcription: [əsk'æns]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
    Meaning: (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"
Usage examples
  • "Why are your fits getting worse?" asked Fyodor Pavlovitch, looking askance at his new cook.
  • The world still looked askance at Lady Ongar, and Hugh did not wish to take up the armor of a paladin in her favor.
  • And even as ploughing oxen toil as they cleave the moist earth, and sweat streams in abundance from flank and neck; and from beneath the yoke their eyes roll askance, while the breath ever rushes from their mouths in hot gasps; and all day long they toil, planting their hoofs deep in the ground; like them the heroes kept dragging their oars through the sea.