Associations to the word «Askant»
Wiktionary
ASKANT, adjective. (dated) Aslant, or sloping.
ASKANT, adverb. (dated) Aslant, or askance, or sideways
Dictionary definition
ASKANT, adjective. (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".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.