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askant
adv 1adj 1verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
contemptuous, old, small
VERB + ASKANT
fell, glanced, saw
ASKANT + NOUN
armies, pete
PREP.
in, with
ADV.
almost
Definitions
adv
1
Aslant; to one side, askance.
And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.
He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.
adj
1
Aslant, sloping.
While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
A small, askant, almost contemptuous smile was on her mouth as she chewed.
verb
1
Dated form of askance.
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And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon throug
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He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.
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While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
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A small, askant, almost contemptuous smile was on her mouth as she chewed.
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