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askance
 
SYLLABICATION:a·skance
PRONUNCIATION:  -skns
VARIANT FORMS: also a·skant (-sknt)
ADVERB:1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: “The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance” (Chris Black, Boston Globe 3/24/94). 2. With a sideways glance; obliquely.
ETYMOLOGY:Origin unknown.
 
 
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