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askance adverb [ əˈskans ]

• with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.
• "the reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition"
Similar: suspiciously, with suspicion, sceptically, with misgivings, cynically, mistrustfully, distrustfully, with distrust, doubtfully, dubiously, with doubt, disapprovingly, with disapproval, with disfavour, contemptuously, scornfully, disdainfully, suspect, mistrust, distrust, disapprove of, frown on, be hostile towards,
Opposite: welcomingly, approvingly,
Origin: late 15th century: of unknown origin.


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