What is the meaning of askance?
1 : with disapproval or distrust : scornfully They eyed the stranger
askance. Many critics have looked
askance at the proposal. 2 : with a side-glance : obliquely That experienced pilot of the Broads looked
askance at his watch, and drew Allan aside at the first opportunity.—
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How is convert pronounced?
Is askance an adverb?
Find a happy medium by looking
askance, or subtly out of the corner of your eye. First used in the 1500’s, no one is quite sure where the cockeyed, slanting
adverb askance came from.
