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Webster 1913 Edition

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adv.

[Cf. D.

schuin

schuins

, sideways,

schuiven

to shove,

schuinte

slope. Cf.

Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

They dart away; they wheel

askance

Beattie.

My palfrey eyed them

askance

Landor.

Both . . . were viewed

askance

by authority.

Gladstone.

askant ‎(comparative more askant, superlative most askant)

(dated) Aslant, or sloping.
- 1901, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons:
  While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.

askant ‎(comparative more askant, superlative most askant)

(dated) Aslant, or askance, or sideways
- 1917, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Copper Streak Trail:
  He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.