Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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askance | No | Yes | No | Yes |
indirect | No | Yes | No | No |
askance (adjective) | indirect (adjective) |
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(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) |
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with a side or oblique glance | |
with suspicion or disapproval |