askance

Significado (Inglés)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
2. (not-comparable) Sideways; obliquely.

Adj

Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.

Verb

1. (rare, transitive) To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance.
2. (rare, transitive) To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side.

Conceptos

oblicuamente

de reojo

de soslayo

con escepticismo

sesgo

con recelo

por el rabillo del ojo

Sinónimos

asquint

askew

askant

sidelong

squint

squint-eyed

squinty

crookedly

obliquely

sideways

slantwise

suspiciously

awry

aslope

aslant

distrustfully

mistrustfully

bias

warily

sideway

Traducciones

obliquo

seitwärts

schief

λοξά

avec méfiance

sospettoso

de travers

diffidente

schuin

strabisme

obliquement

méfiant

quer

de reüll

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈskæns/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con inglés medio: askoyn

Cognado con neerlandés: schuin

In summary

Unknown. Possibly from Middle English askances (“as if”), or from Old French a escone (“hidden”) or Italian a scancio (“obliquely”). Compare asquint, Middle English askoyn (“at a slant, askance”), Dutch schuin, schuins (“sideways”), schuiven (“to shove”), schuinte (“slope”).