[adverb] with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"
[adverb] with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
[adjective] (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, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
