Askance

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: a=skance

CIDE DICTIONARY

Askance, adv. [Cf. D. schuin, schuins, sideways, schuiven to shove, schuinte slope. Cf. Asquint.].

 Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.  [1913 Webster]
"They dart away; they wheel askance."  [1913 Webster]
"My palfrey eyed them askance."  [1913 Webster]
"Both . . . were viewed askance by authority."  [1913 Webster]

Askance, v. t. 

 To turn aside.  [1913 Webster]
"O, how are they wrapped in with infamies
That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes!"  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Askance, adv. (also askant) sideways or squinting.

Idiom

look askance at regard with suspicion or disapproval.

Etymology

16th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

Askance

aside, askant, askew, asquint, awry, broadside, broadside on, cam, captiously, censoriously, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crabwise, critically, crookedly, cynically, disapprovingly, distrustfully, doubtfully, doubtingly, edgeway, edgeways, edgewise, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, reproachfully, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling, skeptically, suspiciously, unfavorably