askance

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Compared to these inducements, the fact that people would look upon her askance was a very insignificant consideration.

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  1. adverb With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: "The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance” (Chris Black).
  2. adverb With a sideways glance; obliquely.

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  • They both looked askance--the cabin seemed solidly rooted atop its mountain ridge We are aboard a starship Jason scoffed, but Heather asked, "What starship?" —  Asimov's SF - February2006
  • They eyed our preparations for making gas askance, and politely but firmly insisted that the next train out of town was especially suited for our purpose. —  The Making of an American
  • As a result of the various theories advanced, Ogden Van Lennop came gradually to be looked at askance--a fact of which he seemed totally oblivious. —  The Lady Doc
  • Compared to these inducements, the fact that people would look upon her askance was a very insignificant consideration. —  Mary Wollstonecraft
  • They eyed him askance, and eyed each other as they fell behind. —  Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. First in early modern English, also written ascance, askaunce, ascaunce, askauns, askaunse, asconce, a scance, a sconce, in the earliest recorded form (Palsgrave, 1530) a scanche; with a later variant askant, q. v. Origin uncertain. Cf. asquint, asklent, aslant, and askew, askile.
  2. from askance, adv.
 

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