English English Dictionary

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Askance (adv.)

Alt. of Askant

Askant (adv.)

Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

Asked (imp. & p. p.)

of Ask

Asker (n.)

One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer.

Asker (n.)

An ask; a water newt.

Askew (adv. & a.)

Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Asking (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Ask

Asking (n.)

The act of inquiring or requesting; a petition; solicitation.

Asking (n.)

The publishing of banns.

Aslake (v. t. & i.)

To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.

Aslant (adv. & a.)

Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

Aslant (prep.)

In a slanting direction over; athwart.

Asleep (a. & adv.)

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Asleep (a. & adv.)

In the sleep of the grave; dead.

Asleep (a. & adv.)

Numbed, and, usually, tingling.

Aslope (adv. & a.)

Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.

Aslug (adv.)

Sluggishly.

Asmear (a.)

Smeared over.

Asmonean (a.)

Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty.

Asmonean (n.)

One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c.