| Main Entry: | askance |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | sideways |
Synonyms: |
askew, disapprovingly, disdainfully, dubiously, obliquely, sidelong, sideways, skeptically, suspiciously |
| Main Entry: | askew |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked |
Synonyms: |
askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus, cockeyed, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned, twisted, yaw ways, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | awry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off course; amiss |
Synonyms: |
afield, askance, askew, aslant, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, turned, wrong, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
ok, on course |
| Main Entry: | cockeyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked, askew |
Synonyms: |
absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross-eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic |
Antonyms: |
level, straight |
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slanting; at an angle |
Synonyms: |
angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, bent, cater-cornered, crooked, diagonal, distorted, diverging, inclined, inclining, leaning, on the bias, pitched, pitching, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
| Main Entry: | doubtfully |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | skeptically |
Synonyms: |
ambiguously, askance, distrustfully, doubtingly, dubiously, hesitatingly, irresolutely, problematically, questionably, suspiciously, tentatively, uncertainly, undecidedly, unsettingly |
| Main Entry: | questioningly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | skeptically |
Synonyms: |
askance, doubtfully, doubtingly, dubiously, suspiciously, with a grain of salt |