askance

«askance» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to look at them with doubt, suspicion or disapproval — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) To look askance at something or someone is to look at them with doubt, suspicion or disapproval. tree →

2) (old) Askance means sideways, out of the corner of your eye. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Psalm the mountains are pictured as looking with envy or scorn at the mountain God chose. Interpretation: Commentators read it as the high mountains envying Mount Zion, which God chose as His home. It teaches that God prefers a humble place to a tall one. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and formal writing: «the neighbours looked askance at Toad's new motor car» means they did not approve. It shows that people doubt or distrust something without saying so.

examples

• Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode? (Writings PSA.68.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• The old ladies looked askance at the noisy children. tree →
• The teacher looked askance at his excuse. tree →
• Badger looked askance at Toad's new hobby. tree →
• People looked askance at the strange visitor. tree →
• She glanced askance at the plate of snails. tree →
• The cat eyed the dog askance. tree →

note

Almost always in «look askance at». Pronounced a-SKANSS. Formal and literary.

In the corpora

• Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks, at the mountain which God hath desired for His abode?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «askance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.