askance meaning and definition

ASKANCE adjective

Definition of askance (adjective)

1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
   • "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
   • synonyms: askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty

ASKANCE adverb

Definition of askance (adverb)

1. with suspicion or disapproval
   • "he looked askance at the offer"
2. with a side or oblique glance
   • "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"