See askance on Wiktionary
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"text": "[S]he caſt her dewed eyes aſ kance, / And ſpying me, gan rovvſe her heauie head, / And praide me pen her ſad and heauie chance, / And ſhe recounted it that preſent ſted, […]",
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"sense": "of a glance or look: with disapproval, scepticism, or suspicion",
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"sense": "of a glance or look: with disapproval, scepticism, or suspicion",
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"sense": "of a glance or look: with disapproval, scepticism, or suspicion",
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"roman": "qīngxié de",
"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
"word": "傾斜地 /倾斜地"
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
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"word": "sivuttain"
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"english": "obliquely",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
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"word": "nurkkasilmällä"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
"word": "de esguello"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
"word": "de reollo"
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
"word": "λοξός"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "obliquely, sideways",
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