Definitions for askance
Overview of adj askance
The adj askance has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
((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")
Overview of adv askance
The adv askance has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. askance
(with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer")
2. askance
(with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes")
