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"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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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."
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