askance

1. (adverb) with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"

2. (adverb) with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer"

3. (satellite 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, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty



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