Dictionary definition · askance
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"
adverb
- with suspicion or disapproval"he looked askance at the offer"
- with a side or oblique glance"did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).