3 uses
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Definition
with disapproval, distrust, or suspicion
or:
directed to one side — especially a sideways glance
or:
directed to one side — especially a sideways glance
- Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its drooping tail.Book One — 1805 (22% in)
- He looked askance at Princess Mary and said: "There are no horses; I told Yakov Alpatych so."Book Ten — 1812 (33% in)
- The soldiers looked askance at him with surprise and even alarm as they went past him.Book Ten — 1812 (81% in)
There are no more uses of "askance" in War and Peace.
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