What are some opposite words for askance?
Antonyms for askance
əˈskæns; əˈskæntaskance
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askanceadverb
Turned to the side, especially of the eyes.
The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance.
askanceadverb
Sideways; obliquely.
askanceadverb
Synonyms:
suspiciously, skeptically
Princeton's WordNet
askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelongadverb
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
"her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
Antonyms:
directSynonyms:
askant, lateral, sidelong, squinty, squint, squint-eyed, asquintaskanceadverb
with suspicion or disapproval
"he looked askance at the offer"
Antonyms:
directaskanceadverb
with a side or oblique glance
"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
Antonyms:
direct
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