askant
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Yet he boldly enters your presence, sits by your side, looks you askant in the face, asks you questions, communicates information, and feigns himself your friend and the friend of everybody.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
From The Morgesons by Stoddard, Elizabeth
When He provided none, they stopped speculating, and went on as sharply askant as hens at any smaller good pecks life might have for them.
From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
“No, not yet,” said Mrs Dean, who looked askant at the fresh-comer, and as if she did not approve of him.
From To The West by Fenn, George Manville
The Valley soldiers were largely of the Presbyterian faith, and of a solemn, pious demeanor, and looked askant at the caperings of my Creoles, holding them to be "devices and snares."
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard
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