All 3 Uses of
askance
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "I think you—are conceited, nevertheless," said Bathsheba, looking askance at a reed she was fitfully pulling with one hand, having lately grown feverish under the soldier's system of procedure—not because the nature of his cajolery was entirely unperceived, but because its vigour was overwhelming.†
Chpt 25-27
- The woman—for it was a woman—approached with her face askance, as if looking earnestly on all sides of her.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- Boldwood was standing by the fireplace, and he, too, though so absorbed in visions arising from her promise that he scarcely saw anything, seemed at that moment to have observed their peculiar manner, and their looks askance.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(askance) with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
or:
directed to one side -- especially a sideways glance