askant

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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

"Not I," said Leicester, looking askant at the picture.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 by Various

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

"But," said D'Artagnan, looking askant at Brienne, "you do not know perhaps, monsieur, that I have the privilege of entrée anywhere, and at any hour."

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Dumas père, Alexandre

She gave an askant look into it, and was silent.

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan