askant
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While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
From The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard
But the eternal father throned on high With fear fill'd Ajax; panic-fixt he stood,655 His seven-fold shield behind his shoulder cast, And hemm'd by numbers, with an eye askant, Watchful retreated.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
"Up all night, I presume," eyeing him askant.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
"Mamma," said she, her eyes cast down, her head askant like a shy bird's, "I am afraid I have a lover!"
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
He looked askant at Monckton, and he showed the white of his eyes more and more.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
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