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askanting

askanting is the present participle and gerund of askant.

Meaning of askant

Adverb

askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)

  1. (archaic) 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

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What is askanting the present participle and gerund of?
Askanting is the present participle and gerund of askant.

Words near askanting in the dictionary

  1. askances
  2. askancing
  3. Askander
  4. askant
  5. askanted
  6. askanting
  7. askants
  8. askar
  9. askard
  10. askards
  11. askarel

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