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askance vs indirect

indirect vs askance

askance and indirect both are adjectives.

askance is an adverb but indirect is not an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
askance No Yes No Yes
indirect No Yes No No
askance (adjective) indirect (adjective)
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination
extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
having intervening factors or persons or influences
not as a direct effect or consequence
askance (adverb) indirect (adverb)
with a side or oblique glance
with suspicion or disapproval
Difference between askance and indirect

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