askant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

askant(s = adj.all) askance, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty - (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"; "sidelong glances"

askant, adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.].

Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. [1913 Webster]

"They dart away; they wheel askance." [1913 Webster]

"My palfrey eyed them askance." [1913 Webster]

"Both . . . were viewed askance by authority." [1913 Webster]

askant, adj.

toward the side, rather than directly ahead; -- used of a glance. [WordNet 1.5]