asquint

[ uh-skwint ]

adverb

1. with an oblique glance or squint; askance; slyly; dubiously.

asquint

/ əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

1. postpositive with a glance from the corner of the eye, esp a furtive one

Word History and Origins

Origin of asquint¹

1200–50; Middle English, equivalent to a- a- ¹ + squint, of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of asquint¹

C13: perhaps from Dutch schuinte slant, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Lucan has not spared him in the poem of his Pharsalia; for his very compliment looked asquint, as well as Nero.

From Project Gutenberg

I marked the row of weather-beaten faces pillowed on the gun-stocks with eyes asquint to sight the pieces.

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When he has base ends and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint.

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He,' indicating the sun, 'can only get at me asquint by that time, and I'm a match for him with my blue umbrella.

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But I know that Providence looketh not asquint, but looketh straight out, and through all men's darkness.

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