Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - askance
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Askance
askance
1. If you look askance at someone or something, you have a doubtful or suspicious attitude towards them. They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR at n 2. If you look askance atsomeone, you look at them in a doubtful or suspicious way. PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR at n
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1.
also askant adverb Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1530 1. with a side-glance ; obliquely 2. with disapproval or distrust ; scornfully they eyed the stranger ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adv. (also askant) sideways or squinting. Phrases and idioms look askance at regard with suspicion or disapproval. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. криво, косо 2. искоса, с подозрением to look (to view, to eye) askance at smb. —- смотреть на кого-либо с подозрением he looked askance at my offer —- к моему предложению он отнесся недоверчиво ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
adv. 1) криво, косо 2) искоса; с подозрением to look/view/glance askance at smb. - смотреть на кого-л. подозрительно, с неодобрением ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ adv look askance (at) to look at or consider something in a way that shows you do not believe it or approve of it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1530, of obscure origin, possibly from M.E. ase "as" + O.Fr. quanses "how if," from L. quam "how" + si "if." Or O.Fr. a escone, from pp. of a word for "hidden." Or It. a scancio "obliquely, slantingly." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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