Look+askance

  • 21askance —   Me ka ho owahāwahā.    ♦ Eyed askance, maka ewa ewa ia.    ♦ To look askance. maka ē …

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  • 22askance — adverb they look askance at anything foreign Syn: suspiciously, skeptically, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, doubtfully, dubiously; disapprovingly, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully Ant: approvingly …

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  • 23askance — adv. (also askant) sideways or squinting. Phrases and idioms: look askance at regard with suspicion or disapproval. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …

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  • 24askance — ► ADVERB ▪ with a suspicious or disapproving look. ORIGIN of unknown origin …

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  • 25askance — [ə skans, ə skα:ns] (also askant skant, skα:nt) adverb with a look of suspicion or disapproval. Origin C15: of unknown origin …

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  • 26view askance — To look (at) with disdain, disapproval, envy, or (now usu) suspicion ● askance …

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  • 27squint — squinter, n. squintingly, adv. squintingness, n. /skwint/, v.i. 1. to look with the eyes partly closed. 2. Ophthalm. to be affected with strabismus; be cross eyed. 3. to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance. 4. to make or have an… …

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  • 28squint — /skwɪnt / (say skwint) verb (i) 1. to look with the eyes partly closed. 2. to be affected with strabismus; be cross eyed. 3. to look or glance obliquely or sideways; look askance. –verb (t) 4. to close (the eyes) partly in looking. 5. to cause to …

  • 29squint — [[t]skwɪnt[/t]] v. i. 1) to look with the eyes partly closed 2) oph to be affected with strabismus; be cross eyed 3) to look or glance obliquely or sidewise; look askance 4) to make or have an indirect reference or bearing (usu. fol. by toward,… …

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  • 30ἐπιλλίξουσιν — ἐπί ἐπιλλίζω make signs to aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric) ἐπί ἐπιλλίζω make signs to fut part act masc/neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic) ἐπί ἐπιλλίζω make signs to fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic) ἐπί ἰλλίζω look askance aor subj… …

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