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#124216 - 02/29/04 05:55 PM askance
wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858	"I should not like to get into that man's clutches," said I, as my superior rejoined me; "he has a way of making one appear so small." Mr. Gryce shot an askancelook at his shadow gloomily following him along the pavement. (I have seen that look so many times, I did not need to look it up. But I still wonder how it originated.) askance [ə'skæns], askant [ə'skænt] adverb(ial) 1 with an oblique glance 2 with doubt or mistrust [ETYMOLOGY: 16th Century: of unknown origin]
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#124217 - 03/03/04 04:01 AM Re: askance
Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta	Don't remember having seen it as an adjective before, only an adverb, as in "He looked askance at the yelling children at the next table." Bingley _________________________ Bingley
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