Dictionary entry

Askance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ A‐skance″ (�), A‐skant″ (�), } adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.] 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.