askance
askance [ uh'-SKANS ] | |
[ adverb ] | |
MEANING : | |
1. glance obliquely or sideways 2. to observe suspiciously | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | |
He looked askance at the man approaching him. | |
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | |
No longer does society look askance at single parents who might be so as they never married, or are divorced or lost a partner. The Times Of India, Parent Parochialism, 19 Sep 2008 |
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