About The Word Asquint
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Asquint
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What's The Definition Of Asquint?
[adj] (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Asquint: askance | askant | indirect | sidelong | squint | squint-eyed | squinty Related Terms | Find terms related to Asquint: See Also | Asquint In Webster's Dictionary \A*squint"\, adv. [Cf. {Askant}, {Squint}.]
With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line
of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to
look asquint.
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