asquint

American  

[uh-skwint] / əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

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

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asquint British  

/ əˈskwɪnt /

adverb

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

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Etymology

Origin of asquint

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

Example Sentences

Marcy Borders was a 28-year-old Bank of America worker when the photograph of her staring into the lens with her eyes asquint and her mouth agape was taken.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2015

All of these were so asquint in mind in the first life that they made no spending there with measure.

From Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell by Norton, Charles Eliot

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

From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Learn to speak first, then to woo, to wooing much pertaineth: He that courts us, wanting art, soon falters when he feigneth, Looks asquint on his discourse and smiles when he complaineth.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah