askance
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
(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
Related & opposite
- indirect similar to
Sense 2 adverb
with suspicion or disapproval
he looked askance at the offer
Sense 3 adverb
with a side or oblique glance
did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | indirect |