askance

1. adv. Alt. of Askant Source: opted

2. v. t. To turn aside. Source: opted

3. adj. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy Source: wordnet

4. adv. with suspicion or disapproval Source: wordnet

5. adv. with a side or oblique glance Source: wordnet

6. Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak. Source: webster

7. To turn aside. [Poet.]O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeedsaskance their eyes! Shak. Source: adambom

8. r:100 s. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy r. with suspicion or disapproval r. with a side or oblique glance Source: ecdict

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