askance

Definition of Askance in English :

(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

Example Sentences:
'her eyes with their misted askance look'
'sidelong glances'

2. askance

with suspicion or disapproval

Example Sentences:
'he looked askance at the offer'

3. askance

with a side or oblique glance

Example Sentences:
'did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Askance

adverb

1.

with an oblique glance

2.

with doubt or mistrust

adverb

1.

with a sideways glance

2.

with suspicion, disapproval, etc.

adv.

1. With disapproval, suspicion, or distrust: "The area is so dirty that merchants report the tourists are looking askance" (Chris Black).

2. With a sideways glance; obliquely.