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Meaning of asquint | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
əˈskwɪnt

Definitions

Looking sideways, as though warily.

not-comparable

Examples

“Eyes asquint, he saw she was driving much too fast.”
“Faces never lie, it is said. […] When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy and sometimes asquint.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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