askant
askant adverb: aslant; to one side, askance. Also the dated form of askance.
Adverb
askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
- 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...1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems
- 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.1917, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Copper Streak Trail
Adjective
askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
Also used as
askant is also the dated form of askance.
Forms of askant
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more askant |
| superlative | most askant |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more askant |
| superlative | most askant |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | askants |
| present participle | askanting |
| past participle | askanted |
| past | askanted |
Origin of askant
Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant.
Questions about askant
- What does askant mean?
- Askant means aslant; to one side, askance.
- What part of speech is askant?
- Askant can be an adverb or an adjective.
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