askance	(adj) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth Bowen, Syn. asquint, squint, squinty, sidelong, askant, squint-eyed
askance	(adv) with suspicion or disapproval
askance	(adv) with a side or oblique glance

Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Askance

v. t. To turn aside. [ Poet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Askant

{ } 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. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Askance

EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

尻目にかける;尻目に懸ける

[しりめにかける, shirimenikakeru] (exp, v1) (1) to look askance (at); to look contemptuously; to look down on; (2) (arch) to cast an amorous glance at [Add to Longdo]

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