askant

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All at once the planter appeared to recoil from his purpose, and looking askant, he spent some time in surveying his intended victim, and as if calculating the chances of a rencontre.

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

"O, that's your ultimatum, is it, Mr. Joseph Surface?" said the lawyer, biting his nails fiercely, and looking askant at his ally, with angry eyes.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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

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

But the good folk of Kilfinane eye us terribly askant, or, to be more literally exact, do not eye us at all; at least, their eyes betray "no speculation."

From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.

Whilst he was walking to and fro, Crockston passed him several times, looking at him askant with a satisfied grin.

From The Blockade Runners by D'Anvers, N.