What does askant mean?
Askant means (now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance..
And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.
He folded the bill lovingly and tucked it away; but he flipped the coin from his thumb, spinning in the sun, caught it as it fell, and glanced askant at old Pete.
While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.
A small, askant, almost contemptuous smile was on her mouth as she chewed.
Use askant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Askant means (now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance..
Common synonyms include askance, indirect, sidelong, asquint.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken.
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