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asquint

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As an adjective, asquint means looking sideways, as though warily. As an adverb, it means with narrowed eyes.

Meanings of asquint

3 meanings

adjective

  1. Looking sideways, as though warily.

    “Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.”

  2. (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”

    “sidelong glances”

    Similar: askance, askant, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong

adverb

  1. With narrowed eyes.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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